Seneca Motorcar Company

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Seneca Motorcar Company
legal form Company
founding 1917
resolution 1920s
Seat Fostoria , Ohio , USA
management Ira Cadwallader
Branch Automobiles

Seneca from 1920

Seneca Motorcar Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1917 as the successor company to the Fostoria Light Car Company in Fostoria , Ohio . Ira Cadwallader became president, his son Lester plant manager. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Seneca . The production numbers developed properly and were over 1000 pieces in the best years. About half of the vehicles were exported.

Increased competition led to production being stopped in 1924. Parts were made for a few years after that.

vehicles

All vehicles had bought four-cylinder engines . They came from the LeRoi Company until 1921 and then from Lycoming . All superstructures were open. They were touring cars and roadsters , for which, with one exception, five seats or two seats were specified.

From 1917 to 1918 there was the 27 HP . The engine developed 27 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 274 cm . The original price was 735 US dollars .

In 1919 the only change was a price increase to $ 990.

1920 from the Model L . The dates didn't change. The price was increased to $ 1,185.

In 1921 it was renamed the Model R-21 . Otherwise there were no changes.

The Model 50 followed in 1922 . The wheelbase had been lengthened to 284 cm and the price lowered to $ 945.

In 1923 its output was given as 40 hp. The roadster was now $ 935 and the touring car was $ 985. The model L 2 was new . Its engine developed 35 hp. The wheelbase was 274 cm. It was also available as a touring car and roadster, but the number of seats has not been recorded.

In 1924 the range was again limited to the Model 50 . Prices were reduced to $ 875.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1917-1918 27 HP 4th 27 274 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1919 27 HP 4th 27 274 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1920 Model L 4th 27 274 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1921 Model R-21 4th 27 274 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1922 Model 50 4th 27 284 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1923 Model 50 4th 40 284 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1923 Model L 2 4th 35 274 Touring cars, roadsters
1924 Model 50 4th 40 284 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster

Production numbers

A total of over 5000 vehicles were built.

year Production number
1917 86
1918 237
1919 667
1920 1030
1921 1283
1922 827
1923 527
1924 427
total 5084

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. 1339 (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. 1435 (English).

Web links

Commons : Seneca Motorcar Company  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 1339 (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. 1435 (English).