Regal Motor Car Company

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Regal Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1918
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
Branch Automobiles

Regal Twenty-Five Model NC from 1912 in the Louwman Museum
Side view

Regal Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The brothers Bert, Charles R. and JE Lambert and the engineer Fred W. Haines founded the company in 1907. The seat was in Detroit , Michigan . They recruited Paul Arthur as a designer. In 1908 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Regal . Many vehicles were exported. Business was initially good. Over 1000 vehicles were manufactured and sold each year.

Material shortages due to the First World War led to financial problems. Bankruptcy began in February 1918 . In the summer of 1918, Maurice Rothschild took over the rest of the company and took care of spare parts.

vehicles

The vehicles up to 1914 had a self-made four-cylinder engine . From 1915 two types of engines were bought. They came from the Port Huron Construction Company and had been developed by SG Jenks. It was a smaller four-cylinder engine and a V8 engine .

In 1908 there was only the Twenty-Five . The engine developed 25 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm . There was a choice of a five-seater touring car and a three-seater runabout .

In 1909 the Thirty followed with a 30 hp engine. The wheelbase was 267 cm. A baby tonneau with four seats completed the body range.

In 1910, the Thirty 's wheelbase was lengthened to 272 cm. The baby tonneau was omitted. Instead, a three-seat coupe and a seven-seat sedan were available. The Forty was new . Its engine developed 40 hp. The wheelbase measured 312 cm. The open touring car offered space for five people.

In 1911 the added Twenty as a Model N , the range down. 20 HP engine power, 254 cm wheelbase and a setup as a runabout were his data. The wheelbase of the Thirty has been extended to 279 cm. Model L was a five-seater touring car and Model LF was a five-seater touring car with front doors. As a touring car, the Forty now offered space for seven people. In the case of Model S without and in the case of Model SF with front doors.

In 1912 the Twenty-Five was the entry-level model. The engine developed 25 hp. The wheelbase was 254 cm. Model N was a runabout and Model NC was a Colonial Coupe . Only the LO model with the Torpedo body shape was added to the Thirty . Above that was the Thirty-Five . It had an engine with 35 hp and a chassis with a 300 cm wheelbase. Only the Model H is mentioned as a touring car. With the Forty , the only known change is that the number of seats was no longer indicated.

In 1913 the Twenty-Five got a longer wheelbase of 274 cm. Model N was now a two-seat roadster , Model NC a three-seat coupe and Model T a four-seat touring car. The Thirty now had a 295 cm wheelbase and was only available as a Model C as a five-seater touring car. The Thirty-Five now had five seats.

In 1914, the only change to the Twenty-Five was the fifth seat of the touring car. The thirty was omitted. The Thirty-Five now had a 295 cm wheelbase. The five-seater touring car was Model C called.

In 1915 the new engines came. At the same time the names were changed. The Light Four had a four-cylinder engine with 20 hp, a 269 cm wheelbase and a two-seater roadster and five-seater touring car. The Four had a 39 horsepower engine and a wheelbase of 279 cm. Are Narrated Model D as a five-seater and touring car model R as a two-seater roadster. The Eight had an eight-cylinder engine that was specified with 40 hp. The wheelbase measured 284 cm. There was a choice of a two-seat roadster and a five-seat touring car.

In 1916 the Model D was the middle model. 39 HP engine power and 292 cm wheelbase were his data. Among them was the Model E with a 27 hp engine and 269 cm wheelbase. Top model was the model F . Its eight-cylinder engine was now specified with 44 hp. The wheelbase was 318 cm. All were available as touring cars with five seats and roadsters with two seats.

In 1917, the eight-cylinder Model F engine was only specified with 29 hp. The wheelbase remained unchanged. A five-seat touring limousine complemented the body range. The Model J had a four-cylinder engine with 20 hp, a wheelbase of 274 cm and a structure as a five-seater touring cars.

In 1918, the offer was limited to the Model J , which now received the addition of High Power Four . There are no known changes compared to the previous year.

Model overview

year model execution cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1908 Twenty-five 4th 25th 254 5-seater touring car, 3-seater runabout
1909 Thirty 4th 30th 267 5-seater touring car, 3-seater runabout, 4-seater baby tonneau
1910 Thirty 4th 30th 272 5-seater touring car, 3-seater runabout, 3-seater coupé, 7-seater sedan
1910 Forty 4th 40 312 5-seater touring car
1911 Twenty To model 4th 20th 254 Runabout
1911 Thirty Model L 4th 30th 279 5-seater touring car
1911 Thirty Model LF 4th 30th 279 Fore-Door touring car, 5-seater
1911 Forty Model S 4th 40 312 7-seater touring car
1911 Forty Model SF 4th 40 312 Fore-Door touring car 7-seater
1912 Twenty-five To model 4th 25th 254 Runabout
1912 Twenty-five Model NC 4th 25th 254 Colonial Coupe
1912 Thirty Model L 4th 30th 279 Touring car
1912 Thirty Model LF 4th 30th 279 Fore-door touring car
1912 Thirty Model LO 4th 30th 279 torpedo
1912 Thirty-five Model H 4th 35 300 Touring car
1912 Forty Model S 4th 40 312 Touring car
1912 Forty Model SF 4th 40 312 Fore-door touring car
1913 Twenty-five To model 4th 25th 274 Roadster 2-seater
1913 Twenty-five Model NC 4th 25th 274 3-seater coupé
1913 Twenty-five Model T 4th 25th 274 4-seater touring car
1913 Thirty Model C 4th 30th 295 5-seater touring car
1913 Thirty-five Model H 4th 35 300 5-seater touring car
1914 Twenty-five To model 4th 25th 274 Roadster 2-seater
1914 Twenty-five Model NC 4th 25th 274 3-seater coupé
1914 Twenty-five Model T 4th 25th 274 4-seater touring car
1914 Thirty-five Model C 4th 35 295 5-seater touring car
1915 Light Four 4th 20th 269 Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater
1915 Four Model D 4th 39 279 5-seater touring car
1915 Four Model R 4th 39 279 Roadster 2-seater
1915 Eight 8th 40 284 Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater
1916 Model D 4th 39 292 Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater
1916 Model E. 4th 27 269 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1916 Model F 8th 44 318 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1917 Model F 8th 29 318 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater touring limousine
1917 Model J 4th 20th 274 5-seater touring car
1918 Model J High Power Four 4th 20th 274 5-seater touring car

Production numbers

year Production number
1908 425
1909 2.134
1910 3,587
1911 4,526
1912 5,822
1913 7,627
1914 8,136
1915 8,227
1916 7.114
1917 4.123
1918 823
total 52,544

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. 1274-1275 (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. 1306-1307 (English).

Web links

Commons : Regal Motor Car Company  - 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. 1274-1275 (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. 1306-1307 (English).