RH Long Company

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RH Long Company
legal form Company
founding 1922
resolution 1926
Seat Framingham , Massachusetts , USA
management Richard H. Long
Number of employees 400
Branch Automobiles

Advert of the company from 1922
another advertisement from 1922

RH Long Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Richard H. Long founded the company in Framingham , Massachusetts in 1922 . The designer was Herbert C. Snow, who previously worked for Peerless , Willys-Overland and Winton . The production of automobiles began, which was marketed as Bay State . The first presentation took place in January 1922 on the occasion of the New York Automobile Show . The main sales markets were Massachusetts, Connecticut , Manchester in New Hampshire and Brooklyn . After good sales figures in the first two years, the undercapitalized company went into decline. Production ended in 1926. A total of 1588 vehicles were built. The Luxor Cab Manufacturing Company took over the plant.

There was no affiliation with the Bay State Automobile Company , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

The first series was the Model 1 . It was powered by a six-cylinder engine from the Continental Motors Company with an output of 58 hp . The engine type was initially called 7-R and later 8-R . The wheelbase was 307 cm. In 1922 this model was available as a four-seat coupé and a five-seat sedan . In 1923 five-seat touring cars , three-seat roadsters , five-seat Brougham and seven-seat sedans were added. For 1924 and 1925, sporty five-seater touring cars and sedans were added to the range. The seven-seater sedan now had a wheelbase of 325 cm.

The Model 2 came in 1924 to do so. It had a eight-cylinder - inline engine from Lycoming made, the 60 hp. The wheelbase and superstructures corresponded to the first model.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1922 Model 1 6th 58 307 4-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan
1923 Model 1 6th 58 307 5-seater touring car, 3-seater roadster, 4-seater coupé, 5-seater and 7-seater sedan, 5-seater Brougham
1924-1925 Model 1 6th 58 307 Roadster 3-seater, Touring car 5-seater, Sport Touring car 5-seater, Sedan 5-seater, Brougham 5-seater, Sport Sedan 5-seater
1924-1925 Model 1 6th 58 325 7-seater sedan
1924-1925 Model 2 8th 60 307 Roadster 3-seater, Touring car 5-seater, Sport Touring car 5-seater, Sedan 5-seater, Brougham 5-seater, Sport Sedan 5-seater
1924-1925 Model 2 8th 60 325 7-seater sedan

Production numbers

year Production number
1922 710
1923 617
1924 213
1925 48
total 1588

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. 110 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 135. (English)

Web links

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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. 110 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 135. (English)
  3. ↑ a b Beverly Rae Kimes: The Long Road to Success? Richard Long and his Bay State Automobile. In: Automobile Quarterly , Volume 28, Issue 2.