Roebling planche

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Roebling-Planche was an American automobile brand.

Brand history

The Walter Automobile Company was initially based in New York City and later in Trenton , New Jersey . William Walter directed it. Washington A. Roebling was also involved. The engineer Etienne Planche came from France and had previously worked for Peugeot . In 1908 Planche was general manager at Walter. That year, Planche began designing a racing car on behalf of Roebling . The brand name was Roebling-Planche .

In early 1909, William Walter left the company, which was in financial trouble. The Roebling family took over. There were plans for a Roebling Planche Company , but it was never founded. A previous model was continued. A second model also appeared. Both were marketed as Roebling planche .

In May 1909, Mercer Autocar Company became the successor company. Thus in 1909 the end for Roebling-Planche came.

vehicles

Ten of the racing car were planned. However, only one was completed. It had a four-cylinder engine with 140 hp . Roebling drove the vehicle in a race at Spring Lake , New Jersey.

The Model M corresponded to Walter Model M . Its four-cylinder engine, each with a 139.7 mm bore and stroke and a displacement of 8565 cm³ , developed 50 hp. The chassis had a wheelbase of 310 cm . There was a choice of an ordinary touring car with seven seats, a Cape Top touring car with seven seats and a runabout with four seats.

Model P was new . Its four-cylinder engine had a 107.95 mm bore, 101.6 mm stroke, 3719 cm³ displacement and 20 hp. The wheelbase was 264 cm. The only structure was a landaulet with six seats.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1909 race car 4th 140
1909 Model M 4th 50 310 7-seater touring car, 7-seater Cape Top touring car, 4-seater runabout
1909 Model P 4th 20th 264 Landaulet 6-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. 1305 (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. 1348 (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. 1305 (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. 1348 (English).