Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works

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Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works
legal form Company
founding 1899
resolution 1908
Seat Pontiac , Michigan , USA
management
  • Albert G. North
  • Harry G. Hamilton
Branch Motor vehicles

Advert from 1900 for a carriage
Pontiac highwheeler from 1908

Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

Albert G. North and Harry G. Hamilton founded the company in July 1899. The company was based in Pontiac , Michigan . At first they made carriages . In 1905 they took over commercial vehicle production from the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company . In 1907 the production of passenger cars began . The brand name was Pontiac . In October and December 1907 vehicles were shown at automobile shows. Production ended in 1908. A total of 30 to 40 cars were built.

In November 1908, the two owners sold the company to the Cartercar Company .

Other car brands called Pontiac came from the Pontiac Chassis Company and Pontiac , which belonged to General Motors .

vehicles

Highwheelers were on offer . The chassis had a wheelbase of 178 cm . The wheels were 38 inches at the front and 40 inches at the rear. The vehicles had solid rubber tires , as is usual for highwheelers.

The air-cooled two-cylinder engine had 111.125 mm bore and 101.6 mm stroke . This resulted in a displacement of 1971 cc and 12 hp . It drove the rear axle via a friction gear and two chains. An open runabout with two seats and a Model D No. 8 Sales Car , obviously for commercial travelers.

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. 1217 (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. 1244 (English).

Web links

Commons : Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works  - 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. 1217 (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. 1244 (English).