Sebring Motor Car Company

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Sebring Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1912
Seat Sebring , Ohio , USA
management
  • Bra Sebring
  • OH Sebring
Branch Automobiles

Sebring Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The brothers BH and OH Sebring founded the company in Sebring , Ohio , in late 1909 . The designers were James Gwin and Robert Allen. In January 1910 the first prototype was ready. The first public presentation was in March 1910 at the Cleveland Automobile Show . Thereupon the small series production of automobiles began. The brand name was Sebring . Production ended in early 1912. A total of around 25 vehicles were built.

vehicles

All vehicles had a six-cylinder engine . A bore of 90.4875 mm and a stroke of 101.6 mm resulted in a displacement of 3920 cm³ . The engine output was specified as 35/40 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 310 cm .

In the first two years were a torpedo , a Baby Tonneau and Cross Country - Roadster available with five seats.

In 1912, the range of bodies was limited to the torpedo.

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. 1336 (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. 1432 (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. 1336 (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. 1432 (English).