Republic Motor Car Company

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Imperial Motor Car Company
Republic Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1917
Seat Hamilton , Ohio , USA
Branch Automobiles

Republic Motor Car Company , previously Imperial Motor Car Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Imperial Motor Car Company of Ohio was established in July 1909 in Hamilton founded. However, this company name has already been used by other vehicle manufacturers from other US states such as Imperial Motor Car Company from Pennsylvania and Imperial Motor Car Company from Texas , and the brand name Imperial by even more manufacturers. It is not known whether that was the reason for the name change in January 1910. The new company name was Republic Motor Car Company . George Adam Rentschler, CU Carpenter, George H. Helvey and George Stanley Helvey were involved. In 1910 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Republic . Production ended in January 1917. The main cause was the shortage of materials due to the First World War .

vehicles

The Model 101 existed from 1910 to 1911 . The four-cylinder engine was specified with 35/40 hp . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The chassis had a 295 cm wheelbase . The choice was between a five-seater touring car and a two-seat torpedo - Roadster , both with front doors.

In 1912 the wheelbase was extended to 305 cm. The five-seater touring car was now called Model 111 , the two-seater Roadster Model 112 and a four-seater Toy Tonneau Model 113 .

1913 from the Series D . The engine was now specified with 28.9 hp. Touring cars with five seats, tonneau with four seats and roadsters with two seats were available. The Series E also appeared . It had a six-cylinder engine that was specified with 43.3 hp. The wheelbase measured 335 cm. The body designs offered corresponded to the smaller model, apart from an additional seven-seater touring car.

1914 accounted for the small model, while the large now Model E was called. The engine was now specified with 43 hp. For this, the wheelbase was slightly extended to 338 cm. The only bodies were five- and seven-seater touring cars.

In 1915 there were only four and seven-seater touring cars.

In 1916 it became the Model C-16 . The dates didn't change.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1910-1911 Model 101 4th 35/40 295 Fore-Door Touring Car 5-seater, Fore-Door Torpedo Roadster 2-seater
1912 Model 111 4th 35/40 305 5-seater touring car
1912 Model 112 4th 35/40 305 Roadster 2-seater
1912 Model 113 4th 35/40 305 Toy Tonneau 4-seater
1913 Series D 4th 28.9 305 5-seater touring car, 4-seater tonneau, 2-seater roadster
1913 Series E 6th 43.3 335 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 4-seater tonneau, 2-seater roadster
1914 Model E. 6th 43 338 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars
1915 Model E. 6th 43 338 4-seater and 7-seater touring cars
1916 Model C-16 6th 43 338 4-seater and 7-seater touring cars

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. 1285 (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. 1326 (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. 1285 (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. 1326 (English).