Norwalk Motor Car Company

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The Norwalk Motor Car Company was an American automobile manufacturer that was based in Norwalk (Ohio) from 1910 to 1911 and in Martinsburg (West Virginia) from 1912 to 1922 . The brand name was mostly Norwalk .

description

Arthur E. Skadden , previously plant manager at the Pressed Radiator Company in New Castle, Pennsylvania , founded the Auto-Bug Company in March 1909 in Norwalk to manufacture highwheelers . Although this simple vehicle was quite successful and was built until the end of 1910, Skadden renamed the company to Norwalk Motor Car Company in April 1910 and manufactured more technically sophisticated roadsters and touring cars with four-cylinder engines that were 35–45 bhp (26–45 cc) at 4113 cc. 35 kW). The financial ceiling was thin and new investors could not be found, so that the company had to file for bankruptcy as early as 1911. The engine supplier and largest creditor, Model Gas Engine Works in Peru (Indiana) , bought machines, buildings and the three remaining cars.

Skadden moved to Martinsburg and re-founded his company with Gilbert McKown , James M. Rothwell , Charles F. Glaser and Thomas W. Martin . The last model made in Norwalk was adopted unchanged. There was also a six-cylinder model. From 1913 onwards, models A and B were built with six-cylinder engines of 8603 cm³ displacement and up to 70 bhp (51 kW), which were supplied by Continental . They had an American Underslung frame and cost between US $ 2,750 and US $ 3,750. But at the end of 1914 the bailiff was at the door again. In February 1915, production was stopped, but the company was not dissolved. Skadden continued to head it and initially dealt with the repair and painting of automobiles.

It was not until 1918 that he started producing automobiles again. The vehicles were more conventional high-frame automobiles and fitted with four and six cylinder Lycoming engines. The prices were around US $ 1000. Norwalk also manufactured cars for Piedmont Motor Car Company .

Arthur Skadden died in 1919 and his widow continued to run the business. In September 1922 the company was dissolved.

Clark-Norwalk brand name

This brand name was worn by some vehicles sold by the sales agency in Cleveland in 1910 . In late 1910, one of these vehicles was presented at the Cleveland Armory Automobile Show .

Norwalk models

model Construction period cylinder power wheelbase Superstructures
35 1910-1911 4 row 35 bhp (26 kW) 2972 mm Runabout 2 seats, torpedo roadster 2 seats, touring car 4/5 seats
40 1911 4 row 40 bhp (29 kW) 2972 mm Torpedo roadster 2 seats, torpedo 4 seats, touring car 5 seats
45 1911-1912 4 row 45 bhp (33 kW) 2972-3150 mm Torpedo Roadster 2 seats, Speedster 2 seats, Torpedo 4 seats, Touring car 5/6 seats
Six 1912 6 row 38 bhp (28 kW) 3454 mm Touring car 6 seats
A. 1913-1915 6 row 60 bhp (44 kW) 3226-3454 mm Roadster 2 seats, touring car 5/6 seats
B. 1913-1915 6 row 70 bhp (51 kW) 3454-3658 mm Roadster 2/4 seats, touring cars 4/6 seats
4-18 / 4-19 / 4-30 / 4-30 KS 1918-1921 4 row 35 bhp (26 kW) 2946 mm Touring car 5 seats
6-18 1918 6 row 30 bhp (22 kW) 2946 mm Touring car 5 seats
4-40 1922 4 row 40 bhp (29 kW) 2946 mm Touring car 5 seats

Production numbers

year Production number
1910 137
1911 238
1912 336
1913 412
1914 387
1915 162
1916 0
1917 0
1918 153
1919 127
1920 83
1921 61
1922 25th
total 2121

Overview of car brands from the US, the Clark include

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Clark Clark Manufacturing Company 1897 1901 Moline, Illinois
Clark Edward S. Clark Steam Automobiles 1900 1909 Boston, Massachusetts
Clark AF Clark & ​​Company 1903 1905 Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Clark Clark Motor Car Company 1910 1912 Shelbyville, Indiana
Clark Furgason Motor Company 1910 1911 Lansing, Michigan
Clark Electric Toledo Electric Vehicle Company 1909 1910 Toledo, Ohio
Clark Electric Brunn Carriage Manufacturing Company 1910 1910 Buffalo, New York
Clark-Hatfield Clark-Hatfield Automobile Company 1908 1909 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Clark-Norwalk Norwalk Motor Car Company 1910 1910 Norwalk, Ohio
Clarkmobile Clarkmobile Company 1903 1904 Lansing, Michigan

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. 338 and pp. 1047-1048 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kimes / Clark: Standard Catalog , (1985), p. 78
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Kimes / Clark: Standard Catalog , (1985), pp. 1005-1006
  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. 1047 (English).