Pennsylvania Auto-Motor Company

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Pennsylvania Auto-Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1906
resolution 1911
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania , USA
Branch Automobiles

Pennsylvania Auto-Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

AE Kennedy, CJ McIlvaine and Phineas Prouty founded the company in late 1906. The seat was in Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania . At the end of 1906, the first vehicle was presented at the Grand Central Palace Show in New York City . The brand name was Pennsylvania . In 1910 the first financial difficulties were overcome. In August 1911, the body manufacturer JM Quinby & Co. sued . Other creditors followed. In October 1911 it went bankrupt .

There was no connection with the Hinckle-O'Brien-Lewis Company , which in 1908 used the same brand name for taxis .

vehicles

In 1907 there was only the Model 7 . It had a four-cylinder engine from the Rutenber Motor Company . 114.3 mm bore and 127 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 5212 cc . The engine developed 35 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 284 cm . The only known body was a touring car with five seats.

From 1908 the engines were manufactured in-house. In that year the Type C was in the range. Its engine had a bore of 120.65 mm, a stroke of 133.35 mm, a displacement of 6098 cc and an output of 50 hp. The wheelbase had been lengthened slightly to 290 cm. Touring cars and roadsters were available .

In 1909 this model continued to be built largely unchanged. Five and seven-seater touring cars have now been handed down. The Type D was the smallest model. With it 107.95 mm bore and stroke resulted in 3952 cm³ displacement and 29 hp. The wheelbase of 279 cm enabled bodies as a five-seat touring car, two-seat roadster and five-seat baby tonneau . The Type E was bigger and longer. The engine had 123.825 mm bore and 133.35 mm stroke, thus 6423 cm³ displacement, but was only specified with 36 hp. The wheelbase was 310 cm. The open touring car offered space for seven people. In addition, with the Type F 6 , a model with a six-cylinder engine appeared for the first time . The cylinder dimensions corresponded to Type C . This resulted in a displacement of 9147 cc and an output of 54 hp. The wheelbase measured 328 cm. The structure was a baby tonneau with five seats.

In 1910 the names changed from Type to Model plus a number. The model B-50 was new . It corresponded to the Type C of the previous year, but had a 310 cm wheelbase and a seven-seater touring car body. The model C-50 remained technically unchanged compared to the previous year. The bodies were now four- and five-seat touring cars. The D-25 model had the same wheelbase and body shape . The top model was the F-675 . The combination of numbers was an indication of the six-cylinder engine and 75 hp. The wheelbase remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The touring cars now offered space for five to seven people.

In 1911 the weakest model was dropped. The model B-50 remained unchanged. The Model C-50 now had a 297 cm wheelbase and was available both as a toy tonneau with four seats and as a touring car with five seats. The Model F-6 had a 60 horsepower engine and 348 cm wheelbase. Touring cars with five seats and toy tonneau with four seats have survived. The model H-6 was identical except for the seven-seater touring car body.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907 Model 7 4th 35 284 5-seater touring car
1908 Type C 4th 50 290 Touring cars, roadsters
1909 Type C 4th 50 290 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars
1909 Type D 4th 29 279 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater Baby Tonneau
1909 Type E 4th 36 310 7-seater touring car
1909 Type F 6 6th 54 328 Baby tonneau 5-seat
1910 Model B-50 4th 50 310 7-seater touring car
1910 Model C-50 4th 50 290 4-seater and 5-seater touring cars
1910 Model D-25 4th 29 290 4-seater and 5-seater touring cars
1910 Model F-675 6th 75 328 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars
1911 Model B-50 4th 50 310 7-seater touring car
1911 Model C-50 4th 50 297 Toy Tonneau 4-seater, touring car 5-seater
1911 Model F-6 6th 60 348 5-seater touring car, 4-seater Toy Tonneau
1911 Model H-6 6th 60 348 7-seater touring car

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. 1169-1170 (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. 1206 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 1169-1170 (English).
  2. ↑ 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. 1206 (English).