Research Engineering Company

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Research Engineering Company
legal form Company
founding 1920
resolution 1922
Seat Dayton , Ohio , USA
management OH Spencer
Branch Automobiles

Research Engineering Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

OH Spencer founded the company in Dayton , Ohio in 1920 . In 1921 the production of passenger cars began . The brand name was Spencer . Commercial vehicles were planned. Production ended in 1922. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

There was no association with Spencer of Hartford , Connecticut , who used the same brand name between 1899 and 1902.

vehicles

Spencer had developed the vehicle and the engine himself. It was an air-cooled four-cylinder engine with OHV valve control . The engine output was given as 42 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 262 cm . The only structure was an open touring car with five seats. The curb weight was given as 680 kg. The original price was 1,200 in the first year US dollar . The following year it was reduced to $ 850.

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. 1367 (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. 1483 (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. 1367 (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. 1483 (English).