Ranger Automobile Company

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Ranger Motor Works
Ranger Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1910
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
management Oscar F. Schmidt
Branch Automobiles

Ranger Automobile Company , previously Ranger Motor Works , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Ranger Motor Works was founded in Chicago , Illinois in 1907 . The production of automobiles began, which were marketed as rangers .

In the summer of 1909, Oscar F. Schmidt carried out a reorganization. The new company name was Ranger Automobile Company . In the summer of 1910 the move to a larger factory was announced, although it remains unclear whether it actually took place. Bankruptcy began in November 1910 .

There was no association with the Southern Motor Manufacturing Association , which used the same brand name a few years later.

vehicles

The first model was a high wheeler . The front wheels were 40 inches high and the rear 44 inches. An air-cooled two-cylinder engine was mounted under the seat and drove the rear axle via two chains. 104.775 mm bore and 101.66 mm stroke resulted in 1752 cm³ displacement and 12 hp . The chassis had a 201 cm wheelbase . The structure is described as a buggy-type runabout . The original price was 395 US dollars .

This was followed in 1909 by a lower vehicle with 28-inch pneumatic tires . A slightly reduced bore of 103.1875 mm resulted in a new displacement of 1699 cm³. The engine power remained the same. Are known Model C and Model D . The wheelbase was now 178 cm or 188 cm. The structure remained a two-seat runabout. The curb weight was given as about 476 kg. The new price did not change.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907-1909 Highwheeler 2 12 201 Runabout 2-seater
1910 Model C 2 12 178 Runabout 2-seater
1910 Model D 2 12 188 Runabout 2-seater

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. 1263 (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. 1297 (English).

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. 1263 (English).
  2. ↑ 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. 1297 (English).