SGV Company

SGV Company
legal form	Company
founding	1911
resolution	1915
Seat	Reading , Pennsylvania , USA
management	Robert Graham
Branch	Automobiles

SGV Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded on August 10, 1911 in Reading , Pennsylvania . The Acme Motor Car Company from the same city is considered the predecessor company . The production of automobiles began in 1911. The brand name was SGV . The abbreviation stood for Herbert M. Sternbergh, Robert E. Graham and Fred Van Tine. Sternbergh was previously President and Vice President of the predecessor company. Van Tine was the designer. Robert Handy and William Stoudt are also named. The sellers included the Hol-Tan Company and the Gotham Motor Car Company . Business was initially satisfactory. 35 to 40 vehicles were built in good months. In 1912, CH Tangemann von Hol-Tan became president, Herbert Sternbergh became vice-president and Robert Graham became secretary and treasurer. As early as 1913, Robert Graham became the new president, HS Stebbins vice-president and treasurer, CF Conant secretary, while Sternbergh was no longer named. In 1914, FS Sales became the new vice president and WW Hill became secretary and treasurer. Also in 1914, a four-speed gearbox was introduced that could be switched electrically by pressing a button on the steering wheel . It had significant shortcomings that resulted in a recall. This damaged the reputation. Production ended in the summer of 1915. The company was auctioned.

RJ Metzler acquired the entire company. This included 32 chassis and 100 bodies from JM Quinby & Co. and Fleetwood Metal Body Co. Although he planned to continue production, it did not succeed. Instead, he was involved in the Phianna Motors Company . Another source states that a group led by John A. Bell took over the company. Both Metzler and Bell were involved in Phianna afterwards.

vehicles

The vehicles had a self-made four-cylinder engine and cardan drive , while Acme still relied on chain drive. The engine was similar to the Lancia engines . One source states that it is possible that the designer largely recreated the engine. Hol-Tan was the importer for Lancia.

In 1911 there were two models in the range. The engine with 25 hp and the chassis with 293 cm wheelbase were identical . Model A was available as a touring car , close-coupled , landaulet and sedan . Model B was a runabout .

In 1912 the wheelbase of these two models was lengthened slightly to 294 cm. Model A was now available as a touring car and sedan , while Model B remained a runabout. The new Model E as runabout had the same chassis, but an engine with 35 hp. The Model D had the more powerful engine, a chassis with a 300 cm wheelbase and superstructures as a touring car and a Coupé -Landaulet.

In 1913, the wheelbase of the Model A was again slightly extended to 295 cm. It was available as a touring car with four and five seats, Runabout, Limousine Brougham , Landau Brougham, Limousine, Landaulet and Dipped Roof Model . The Model D was available as a five-seat touring car, runabout, landaulet, Landau Brougham, limousine Brougham, limousine and landaulet.

In 1914 only the Model F was in the range. The engine was specified with 36 hp. The wheelbase was 305 cm. The landaulet, runabout, touring car with four and five seats, limousine with seven seats, limousine Brougham with seven seats, Landaulet Brougham with seven seats and a coupé with three seats have survived. Another source depicts five of the body styles on offer, which were called the Limousine Brougham (with a makeshift roof for the chauffeur), Enclosed Drive Coupe, Colonial Brougham, Five-Passenger Touring Car and WS Gunboat. The gunboat was a four-door touring car with a small hood just over the rear seats.

In 1915 the range of bodies changed. Now there was a choice of four- and seven-seat touring cars, two-seat roadsters , two-seat runabouts, two different seven-seat sedans and a four-seat toy tonneau . Model J served as the entry-level model . It had a 25 horsepower engine and a 300 cm wheelbase. It was available as a five-seat brougham, four-seat touring car, two-seat roadster, two-seat runabout, five- and seven-seat sedan, three-seat coupe, and four-seat toy tonneau.

Model overview

year	model	cylinder	Power ( hp )	Wheelbase (cm)	construction
1911	Model A	4th	25th	293	Touring car, close-coupled, landaulet, sedan
1911	Model B	4th	25th	293	Runabout
1912	Model A	4th	25th	294	Touring car, limousine
1912	Model B	4th	25th	294	Runabout
1912	Model D	4th	35	300	Touring car, coupé landaulet
1912	Model E.	4th	35	294	Runabout
1913	Model A	4th	25th	295	Touring car 4-seat and 5-seat, runabout, limousine Brougham, Landau Brougham, limousine, landaulet, dipped roof model
1913	Model D	4th	35	300	Touring car 5-seater, runabout, landaulet, landau Brougham, limousine Brougham, limousine, landaulet
1914	Model F	4th	36	305	Landaulet, runabout, touring car 4-seater and 5-seater, sedan 7-seat, sedan Brougham 7-seat, Landaulet Brougham 7-seat, coupé 3-seat
1915	Model F	4th	36	305	4-seater and 7-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 2-seater runabout, 7-seater sedan, 4-seater toy tonneau
1915	Model J	4th	25th	300	Brougham 5-seat, touring car 4-seat, roadster 2-seat, runabout 2-seat, sedan 5-seat and 7-seat, coupé 3-seat, toy tonneau 4-seat

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. 1341-1342 (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. 1438 (English).

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 1341-1342 (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. 1438 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Automobile Quarterly Volume 35, Issue 4, pp. 8-14.

[Kimes-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. 1341-1342 (English).

[Beaulieu-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. 1438 (English).

[AQ-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Automobile Quarterly Volume 35, Issue 4, pp. 8-14.