New Climber Company

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Climber Motor Corporation
New Climber Company
legal form Company
founding 1919
resolution 1924
Seat Little Rock , Arkansas , USA
management
  • John W. Dickerson
  • RL Saxon
Branch Motor vehicles

Climber Model 6-50 from 1923

New Climber Company , previously Climber Motor Corporation, was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

William Drake, David Hopson and Clarence Roth founded the Climber Motor Corporation in early 1919 . The seat was in Little Rock , Arkansas . Chief engineer was George Schoeneck. They started with the production of passenger cars and commercial vehicles . The brand name was Climber . The sales market was mainly in Arkansas, Mississippi , Oklahoma and Tennessee . Plans totaled 3,000 vehicles annually. This number was far from being reached. Ordered parts were delivered too late. The company then manufactured several parts itself. Drake and Hopson left the company in October 1919. Serious financial problems arose in mid-1923.

In June 1924, John W. Dickerson and RL Saxon took over the company and renamed it the New Climber Company . They made some vehicles from existing parts. Production ended in December 1924. A total of around 300 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The engines came from Herschell-Spillman .

From 1919 to 1922 there were two different models. The Model K had a four-cylinder engine with 35 hp . The wheelbase was 295 cm. A two-seat roadster as well as five-seat touring cars and limousines were available. The Model S had a six-cylinder engine that developed 57 hp. Its chassis had a wheelbase of 320 cm. The structures did not differ.

From 1923 to 1924 there was only the Six . Its six-cylinder engine developed 72 hp. The wheelbase had been shortened slightly to 319 cm. On offer were five- and seven-seat touring cars, a two-seat roadster, a three-seat coupe and a five-seat sedan.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1919-1922 Model K 4th 35 295 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater sedan
1919-1922 Model S 6th 57 320 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater sedan
1923-1924 Six 6th 72 319 5-seater and 7-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 3-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan

Production numbers

One source states that between 200 and 225 cars and between 75 and 100 commercial vehicles were built. Another source names 53 cars for 1920, 73 cars for 1921 and 74 cars for 1922 to 1924, a total of 200 cars.

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. 343-344 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 316. (English)

Web links

Commons : New Climber Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 343-344 (English).
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 316. (English)