Remington Motor Company

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Remington Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1916
Seat New York City , New York , USA
management Philo E. Remington
Branch Automobiles

Remington Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Philo E. Remington had previously run the Remington Motor Vehicle Company . In 1914 he founded the new company. The headquarters were in New York City and the factory in nearby Rahway in New Jersey . Clarence P. Hollister was chief engineer. They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Remington .

From November 1915, the factory of the former Vaughan Car Company in Kingston in the US state of New York was used. Production ended in 1916.

It is unclear whether there was any connection with the Remington Automobile Company .

vehicles

In 1914 only the Model R was in the range. It was a small car . Another source calls it a cyclecar , even though it didn't meet the criteria. Its four-cylinder engine had a bore of 69.85 mm , a stroke of 107.95 mm and a displacement of 1655 cm³ and was thus well above the displacement limit for cycle cars of 1,100 cm³. The engine was water-cooled and made 12 hp . It drove the rear axle via a preselector gear and a cardan shaft . The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm and a track width of 107 cm . The open roadster offered space for two people side by side. The original price was 495 US dollars .

In 1915 this model remained unchanged. Then there was the Model E , also called Narragansett . It had a four-cylinder engine with a 79.375 mm bore, 101.6 mm stroke, 2011 cc displacement and 25 hp. The wheelbase was 269 cm. The only body shape was a four-seater touring car . The top model was the greyhound . Its eight-cylinder engine came from the Massnick-Phipps Manufacturing Company . A 79.375 mm bore and 114.3 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 4525 cc. The engine developed 45 hp. The wheelbase measured 295 cm. Open superstructures with two, four and six seats were available.

In 1916 there was only the Narragansett . The engine output was increased to 29 hp, the wheelbase was lengthened to 279 cm and the number of seats in the touring car was increased to five.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1914 Model R 4th 12 254 Roadster 2-seater
1915 Model E Narragansett 4th 25th 269 4-seater touring car
1915 Model R 4th 12 254 Roadster 2-seater
1915 Greyhound 8th 45 295 Touring car 2-seat and 4-seat and 6-seat
1916 Narragansett 4th 29 279 5-seater touring car

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. 1279 (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. 1311-1312 (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. 1279 (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. 1311-1312 (English).