Shawmut Motor Company

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Shawmut Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1905
resolution 1909
Seat Stoneham , Massachusetts , USA
management Elliot Lee
Branch Automobiles

Shawmut Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1905 in Stoneham , Massachusetts . The factory of the Phelps Motor Vehicle Company was moved into. Elliot Lee was president. In 1906 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Shawmut . In November 1908 a fire destroyed the plant and ten finished and other partially assembled vehicles. Production ended with that. Planned moves to South Boston or Fitchburg failed.

In 1909 another vehicle was used in a car race. It ran from New York City to Seattle . The vehicle took second place. Arthur Pettengill and Robert Messer were the official drivers. Earle Chapin accompanied them.

vehicles

All vehicles had a four-cylinder engine . 120.65 mm bore and 139.7 mm stroke resulted in 6388 cc displacement . The engine developed 40 hp . It drove the rear axle via a four-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft .

When Model A had chassis 300 cm wheelbase . It was bodied as a roadster .

The Model B with 284 cm wheelbase was an open touring car .

Model C as a sedan and Model D as a landaulet had a uniform 320 cm wheelbase.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1906-1908 Model A 4th 40 300 Roadster
1906-1908 Model B 4th 40 284 Touring car
1906-1908 Model C 4th 40 320 limousine
1906-1908 Model D 4th 40 320 Landaulet

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. 1345 (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. 1441 (English).

Web links

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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. 1345 (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. 1441 (English).
  3. ↑ Early American Automobiles (accessed February 9, 2019)