Pan-American Motors Corporation

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Pan-American Motors Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1917
resolution 1922
Seat Decatur , Illinois , USA
management Edward Danner
Branch Automobiles

Pan-American Motors Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Chicago , Illinois in January 1917 . The production of automobiles began. The brand name was initially Chicago Light Six . In February of the same year it was announced that another plant would be sought in the same state and the brand name would then be named after the new city. In December 1917 the company moved to Decatur , Illinois. Contrary to the announcement, the vehicles were now called Pan-American . From 1918 Edward Danner was president. After the First World War , financial problems arose during the Depression. In 1921 the secretary and treasurer WA Phares disappeared. After that, 40,000 were missing dollars . Phares was later found and arrested.

In December 1921, Danner announced that he would dissolve the company even though it was still solvent. The sale began in January 1922. In July 1922 the remains of the company were auctioned.

A total of 2200 passenger cars were built .

vehicles

The vehicles had bought-in engines. The six-cylinder engines came from the Continental Motors Company , Herschell-Spillman and the Rutenber Motor Company . There were also two cheaper models with four-cylinder engines for a short time .

The 1917 Chicago Light Six had a six-cylinder engine with 50 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 310 cm . The only structure was a touring car with five seats. The first Pan-American model had the same data.

In 1918 the model was named American Beauty . The wheelbase was shortened to 305 cm.

In 1919, the Model 250 expanded the range downwards. The four-cylinder engine was specified with 16.9 hp. The wheelbase was 274 cm. These vehicles were also bodied as five-seater touring cars. The American Beauty now had a 307 cm wheelbase. The five-seater touring car was joined by a two-seater roadster .

In 1920 the four-cylinder model was discontinued. The American Beauty now had a 55 hp engine. A five-seat sedan increased the range of bodies.

In 1921 it became the Model 6-55 . The engine output has been increased to 57 hp. The limousine was omitted.

In 1922, the Model A was another entry-level model with a four-cylinder engine. The wheelbase was 274 cm. The vehicle was a touring car with five seats. The Model 6-55 was now available as a touring car with five and seven seats, a roadster with two seats and an Artcraft with five and seven seats.

In addition, commercial vehicles were built between 1917 and 1919 .

Model overview

year brand model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1917 Chicago Light Six 6th 50 310 5-seater touring car
1917 Pan-American 6th 50 310 5-seater touring car
1918 Pan-American American Beauty 6th 50 305 5-seater touring car
1919 Pan-American Model 250 4th 16.9 274 5-seater touring car
1919 Pan-American American Beauty 6th 50 307 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1920 Pan-American American Beauty 6th 55 307 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater sedan
1921 Pan-American Model 6-55 6th 57 307 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1922 Pan-American Model A 4th 274 5-seater touring car
1922 Pan-American Model 6-55 6th 57 307 Touring car 5-seat and 7-seat, Roadster 2-seat, Artcraft 5-seat and 7-seat

Production numbers

year Production number
1917 37
1918 437
1919 384
1920 937
1921 327
1922 78
total 2200

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. 1149-1150 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1180 (English).

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 1149-1150 (English).
  2. ↑ a b George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1180 (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. 303 (English).