Snyder Motor & Manufacturing Company

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Snyder Motor & Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1914
Seat Cleveland , Ohio , USA
management
  • GJ Snyder
  • RE Blackwell
Branch Automobiles

Snyder Motor & Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

GJ Snyder and RE Blackwell founded the company in Cleveland , Ohio in 1914 . They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Snyder . Production ended in the same year.

There was no connection with DD Snyder & Company , which used the same brand name a few years earlier.

vehicles

There were two models to choose from. Although they were as cyclecars referred to, but exceeded its engines, the limit of 1,100 cc displacement .

One model had an air-cooled V2 engine . 88.9 mm bore and 93.218 mm stroke resulted in 1157 cm³ displacement and 9 hp . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a two-speed planetary gearbox and a cardan shaft . The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm and a track width of 127 cm . The structure was a roadster with two seats. The original price was 390 US dollars .

The other model had a water-cooled four - cylinder engine with a bore of 69.85 mm and a stroke of 101.6 mm. The engine made 12 hp from 1557 cm³ displacement. The chassis corresponded to the first model. A two-seater roadster was on the price lists for $ 425. There was also a four-seater touring car for $ 450.

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. 1360 (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. 1475 (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. 1360 (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. 1475 (English).