Schram Motor Car Company

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Schram Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1913
resolution 1914
Seat Seattle , Washington , USA
management Andrew J. Schram
Branch Automobiles

Schram Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Andrew J. Schram, who left the California Car Company in 1913 , founded the new company in the same year. The seat was in Seattle in the US state Washington . His partners were FJ Carver, WR McClelland and FA Mitchell. Automobile production began at the end of 1913. The brand name was Schram . 500 vehicles were announced in the first year and 1000 in the second. Production ended in 1914. Overall, far fewer vehicles were built than planned.

vehicles

The first model had a six-cylinder engine with 38 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 330 cm . The structure was an open touring car with space for five people. The original price was 2300 US dollars .

A small car followed in 1914 . It had a four-cylinder engine with 20 hp. The car was $ 600.

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. 1330 (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. 1422 (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. 1330 (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. 1422 (English).