Pungs-Finch Auto and Gas Engine Company

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Pungs-Finch Auto and Gas Engine Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution 1910
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management WA Pungs
Branch Automobiles

Pungs-Finch Auto and Gas Engine Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

WA Pungs originally made boats. His son-in-law, EB Finch, studied at the University of Michigan , was an engineer and had made an automobile as early as 1902. Together they founded the company in Detroit , Michigan in 1904 . They took over the Sintz Gas Engine Company and started producing automobiles. The brand name was Pungs-Finch .

In 1908 Finch left the company in a dispute. Pungs went on alone. Production ended in 1910. Several hundred vehicles were built in total.

vehicles

In 1904 there was the 14 HP . Its two-cylinder engine developed 14 hp . The chassis had a 193 cm wheelbase . The setup was a runabout with two seats. The 20 HP was bigger and more powerful . Its two-cylinder engine developed 20 hp. The wheelbase of 234 cm enabled it to be built as a canopy top tonneau .

In 1905 two models with four-cylinder engines appeared . In the Model D it had 20 hp. The wheelbase was 203 cm. The vehicles were bodied as a tonneau with rear entry. The Model F had a 24 horsepower engine. The wheelbase measured 246 cm. They were tonneaus with side entry.

In 1906 the Model F was redesigned. 22 HP engine power, 249 cm wheelbase and a five-seat touring car structure were now his data. In the Model H , the engine was specified with 28/32 hp. The wheelbase was 269 cm. The body shape was also a five-seater touring car. The top model was the Finch Limited . Two sources consistently give 8652 cm³ displacement. Another source mentions a 146.05 mm bore and 158.75 mm stroke , resulting in a displacement of 10,638 cm³. The engine output was specified as 50/60 hp. The wheelbase measured 282 cm. Touring cars with seven seats and roadsters with two seats were offered. According to one source, only a roadster was made.

The Model 35 appeared in 1907 . The engine made 40 hp, the wheelbase was 269 cm and the structure was a runabout with three seats. The Model F was retained and a two-seater runabout was added. In the Model H , the engine output was increased to 40 hp and the wheelbase was lengthened to 279 cm.

In 1908, Model 35 and Model F remained unchanged. When Model H the wheelbase was shortened cm back to 269th The 50 HP was new . 50 HP engine power, 295 cm wheelbase and a touring car body were his data.

1909 did not change the Model F . For Model 35 and Model H , the engine was now specified as 38/40 hp. The 50 HP was omitted.

In 1910, the wheelbase of the Model F was lengthened to 254 cm. The previous Model 35 became the model H . The engine was now specified with 40 hp again.

A finch limited still exists.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1904 14 HP 2 14th 193 Runabout 2-seater
1904 20 HP 2 20th 234 Canopy top tonneau
1905 Model D 4th 20th 203 Rear entrance tonneau
1905 Model F 4th 24 246 Side entrance tonneau
1906 Model F 4th 22nd 249 5-seater touring car
1906 Model H 4th 28/32 269 5-seater touring car
1906 Finch Limited 4th 50/60 282 7-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1907 Model 35 4th 40 269 3-seater runabout
1907 Model F 4th 22nd 249 5-seater touring car, 2-seater runabout
1907 Model H 4th 40 279 5-seater touring car
1908 Model 35 4th 40 269 3-seater runabout
1908 Model 50 4th 50 295 Touring car
1908 Model F 4th 22nd 249 5-seater touring car, 2-seater runabout
1908 Model H 4th 40 269 5-seater touring car
1909 Model 35 4th 38/40 269 3-seater runabout
1909 Model F 4th 22nd 249 5-seater touring car, 2-seater runabout
1909 Model H 4th 38/40 269 5-seater touring car
1910 Model F 4th 22nd 254 5-seater touring car, 2-seater runabout
1910 Model H 4th 40 269 5-seater touring car, 3-seater runabout

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. 1252-1253 (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. 1277 (English).

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. 1252-1253 (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. 1277 (English).