Motor Buggy Manufacturing Company

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Motor Buggy Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1908
resolution 1912
Reason for dissolution takeover
Seat Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA
management Nels Nelson
Branch Motor vehicles

Motor Buggy Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1908 in Minneapolis , Minnesota . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was initially Acme .

Sales were not satisfactory. Therefore, the brand name was changed to MB from 1909 . In 1909 25 vehicles were sold. In 1910 the production number was doubled.

At the end of 1910, the additional brand Renville was introduced for a more modern model . Of these, 10 vehicles and 50 trucks were sold. At the time, Nels Nelson was President, MJ Jacobson General Manager and Arnold Hoffman Treasurer. Hoffman was from Renville , Minnesota.

Production ended in 1911. In 1912 the Hoffman brothers took over the company. From 1913 they manufactured commercial vehicles under their own name .

vehicles

Brand name Acme

The only model was called the Roadster . It was a highwheeler with solid rubber tires . A two-cylinder engine with 22 HP power drove the rear axle. The chassis had a wheelbase of 246 cm . The open structure offered space for four people. The rear seats could be removed and replaced with a box for cargo. The curb weight was given as 726 kg and the top speed was 40 km / h.

Brand name MB

The previous model Roadster was still in the range. There was also a touring car with four seats on the same basis.

Brand name Renville

The vehicles were built lower and no longer highwheelers. They also had pneumatic tires . It was powered by a four-cylinder engine with 45 hp. The wheelbase was 259 cm. The structure was a touring car with five seats.

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 15, pp. 945-946 and p. 1279 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 986 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 945-946 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 986 (English).
  3. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 15 (English).
  4. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1279 (English).