Schuler Motor Car Company

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Schuler Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1924
resolution 1924
Seat Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA
management Harry E. Schuler
Branch Automobiles

Schuler Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Harry E. Schuler was secretary at the engine manufacturer Mar-Tan Motor Manufacturing Company . In 1924 he founded the vehicle production company. The seat was in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Schuler . The first vehicle was presented at the Wisconsin State Automobile Show in January 1924 . In May, Schuler said he had bought a factory in Slinger , Wisconsin. Production ended in 1924. A total of 28 vehicles were built.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a water-cooled V2 engine from Mar-Tan . It made 15 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 198 cm . The maximum speed was specified as 72 km / h and the curb weight with 363 kg. There was a choice of a roadster for $ 295 and a coupe for $ 495.

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. 1423 (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. 1423 (English).