Peters Motor Car Division

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Peters Motor Car Division
legal form division
founding 1920
resolution 1922
Seat Danvers , Massachusetts , USA
management E. James Peters
Branch Automobiles

Peters Motor Car Division was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source uses the name Peters Division .

Company history

The Peters Motor Corporation was established in 1920. There are also the names Peters Automobile Company and Peters Motor Car Company . The seat was in Trenton , New Jersey . The first factory used was in Pleasantville and the second in Trenton. E. James Peters ran the company. In 1920 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Peters . There was a close collaboration with the engine manufacturer Spacke Machine & Tool Company from Indianapolis . Spacke is said to have produced most of the vehicles.

In 1921 Spacke became insolvent. Peters then looked for a work that seemed more suitable. In April 1922 he moved into a factory in Bethlehem , Pennsylvania . The name was now Peters Autocar Company . The Autocar Company complained a little later about this company name.

In 1922 the Romer Motors Corporation took over the company. Now it traded as the Peters Motor Car Division or, for short, as the Peters Division . The headquarters were now in Danvers and the factory in Taunton , both in Massachusetts. Production ended in the same year. It is not known for sure whether vehicles were still manufactured under the direction of Romer.

vehicles

The vehicles initially had a two-cylinder engine from Spacke. It was specified with 9/13 hp . The engine output was connected to the rear axle via a two-speed planetary gear . A wrong radiator grille was noticeable , because the engine was air-cooled and therefore did not need a water cooler . The chassis had a wheelbase of 229 cm and a track width of 117 cm . The structure was a roadster with two seats. It could easily be converted into a delivery truck . The original price was 385 US dollars .

A somewhat larger model was planned under the direction of Romer. A motor with 10/14 hp, a wheelbase of 254 cm and a track width of 130 cm are mentioned. The price, however, should be reduced to $ 295.

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. 1172-1173 (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. 1209 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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. 1172-1173 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 225 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c 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. 1209 (English).
  4. ^ The Automotive Manufacturer from October 1920 (accessed December 15, 2018)