S&M Motor Company

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S&M Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1912
resolution 1914
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management
  • Edward E. Stroebel
  • Walter C. Martin
Branch Automobiles

S & M Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Edward E. Stroebel and Walter C. Martin founded the company in Detroit , Michigan in 1912 . They employed RC Aland as a designer. The production of automobiles had been announced already in September 1912 but did not start until 1913. The brand name was S & M . Production ended in the same year. Bankruptcy followed in January 1914 . A total of around 40 vehicles were built.

George Benham took over the remains of the company in 1914 and founded the Benham Manufacturing Company .

vehicles

Only the model 48 was on offer . It had a six-cylinder engine from the Continental Motors Company . 95.25 mm bore and 133.35 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 5701 cm³ . The engine output was specified with 48 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 330 cm . There was a choice of five- and seven-seater touring cars , two- and four-seater roadsters and a seven-seater sedan .

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. 1356 (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. 1473 (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. 1356 (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. 1473 (English).