Rider-Lewis Motor Car Company

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Rider-Lewis Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1908
resolution 1911
Seat Anderson , Indiana , USA
management
  • George D. Rider
  • Ralph Lewis
Branch Automobiles

Rider-Lewis Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1908 by financier George D. Rider and designer Ralph Lewis. The seat was initially in Muncie , Indiana . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Rider-Lewis . The first vehicles were presented at an exhibition in Indianapolis in March 1908 . In December 1908, the company moved to a more suitable plant in Anderson , also in Indiana. Bankruptcy began in September 1910 . Around 250 vehicles were built by the end of 1910, after which only a few. Nyberg Automobile Works acquired the plant in March 1911 .

vehicles

In 1908 there was only one model in the range. It had a six-cylinder engine with OHV valve control . 101.6 mm bore and stroke each resulted in a displacement of 4942 cm³ and 40/45 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 310 cm . The Type VIII was available as an open touring car with five and seven seats and the Type IX as a roadster with two and three seats.

In 1909 the Type X was added on the same technical basis . Its structure was called a tonneauette . This was a sporty touring car with no weather protection and space for four people.

In 1910 the wheelbase was lengthened slightly to 312 cm. The number of seats for the roadster and tonneauette is no longer recorded. A smaller model also added to the range. It had a four-cylinder engine with 101.6 mm bore, 114.3 mm stroke and 3707 cm³ displacement. The engine was specified with 30/32 hp. The wheelbase was 264 cm. Type IV was a touring car with five seats and Type V was a roadster with two seats.

In 1911 there was only the smaller model. It now had an engine with a 114.3 mm bore and stroke. That resulted in a displacement of 4691 cm³ and an output of 30 hp. The wheelbase was lengthened to 279 cm. Model F was a touring car with five seats, Model G as well but with front doors, and Model H a roadster with two seats.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1908 Type VIII 6th 40/45 310 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars
1908 Type IX 6th 40/45 310 Roadster 2-seat and 3-seat
1909 Type VIII 6th 40/45 310 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars
1909 Type IX 6th 40/45 310 Roadster 2-seat and 3-seat
1909 Type X 6th 40/45 310 4-seater tonneauette
1910 Type IV 4th 30/32 264 5-seater touring car
1910 Type V 4th 30/32 264 Roadster 2-seater
1910 Type VIII 6th 40/45 312 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars
1910 Type IX 6th 40/45 312 Roadster
1910 Type X 6th 40/45 312 Tonneauette
1911 Model F 4th 30th 279 5-seater touring car
1911 Model G 4th 30th 279 Fore-Door touring car, 5-seater
1911 Model H 4th 30th 279 Roadster 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. 1293-1294 (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. 1333-1334 (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. 1293-1294 (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. 1333-1334 (English).