R. & V. Division

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R. & V. Division of the Root & Vandervoort Engineering Company
legal form division
founding 1920
resolution 1924
Seat East Moline , Illinois , USA
Branch Automobiles

R. & V. Division of the Root & Vandervoort Engineering Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . The company names R & V Motor Company and Root & Van Dervoort Engineering Company can also be found in advertisements .

Company history

In 1899, Orlando J. Root and WH Vandervoort founded the engine manufacturer Root & Vandervoort Engineering Company . They were also instrumental in Moline Automobile Company involved in the 1904 to 1914 passenger car brand Moline and 1914-1919 the brand Moline Knight manufactured.

In 1920 they founded the new company as a division . The seat was in East Moline , Illinois . Now they made R & V Knight cars. Several hundred vehicles were built every year. The death of Vandervoort in 1921, the post-war depression and outstanding payments for work during the First World War created problems. Production ended in 1924.

vehicles

All cars had a valve motor , invented by Charles Yale Knight . That explains the back of the brand name. Apart from last year, there were always two models in the range. The smaller Model R had a four-cylinder engine and the larger one had a six-cylinder engine .

In 1920 there was the Model J with six cylinders. The engine output was specified with 60 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 323 cm . The superstructures include touring cars with seven seats, sports cars with four seats, roadsters with two seats, sedans with seven seats and coupé with four seats. The smaller model had an engine with 43 hp. The wheelbase was 292 cm. There was a choice of touring cars and limousines, each with five seats.

In 1921 Model J only had 54 hp. The sport was now five-seated. The smaller model had a 44 hp engine. The limousine was omitted.

In 1922, Model J, as a sport, had only four seats again. In the smaller model, the wheelbase has been extended slightly to 295 cm. It was bodied as a coupé with four seats, sedan with five seats and touring car with five seats.

In 1923 the new Model H appeared . The engine was specified with 54 hp. The wheelbase was 315 cm. There was a choice of touring cars with five and seven seats, sport with four seats, club limousine with five seats and limousine with seven seats. The small Model R remained unchanged, but was discontinued after the end of the year.

In 1924 the Model H was also available as a coupé with five seats.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1920 Model J 6th 60 323 7-seater touring car, 4-seater sport, 2-seater roadster, 7-seater sedan, 4-seater coupé
1920 Model R 4th 43 292 5-seater touring car, 5-seater sedan
1921 Model J 6th 54 323 7-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater sports, 4-seater coupé, 7-seater sedan
1921 Model R 4th 44 292 5-seater touring car
1922 Model J 6th 54 323 4-seater coupé, 7-seater sedan, 7-seater touring car, 4-seater sport, 2-seater roadster
1922 Model R 4th 44 295 4-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan, 5-seater touring car
1923 Model H 6th 56 315 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 4-seater sport, 5-seater club limousine, 7-seater limousine
1923 Model R 4th 44 295 5-seater touring car, 4-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan
1924 Model H 6th 56 315 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 5-seater coupé, 5-seater club saloon, 7-seater saloon, 4-seater sport

Production numbers

year Production number
1920 767
1921 967
1922 856
1923 736
1924 473
total 3799

Source:

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. 1316-1317 (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. 1392 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 1392 (English).
  2. ↑ Karla A. Rosenbusch: Automobile Quarterly Volume 33, Issue 3.
  3. ↑ 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. 1316-1317 (English).