Southern Motor Car Company

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Southern Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1908
resolution 1910
Seat Houston , Texas , USA
management EM Pavey
Branch Automobiles

Southern Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

EM Pavey had made some prototypes in Houston , Texas in 1908 . In the same year he found financiers in this city and founded the automobile production company. The brand name was Dixie . A former church served as a factory . Sales in the first year did not go well. A revised range of models should improve the situation. When his Houston bank closed and he lost money, he ran into serious financial problems. Production ended in early 1910. A total of 17 vehicles were built.

There was no association with the Dixie Manufacturing Company , which later used the same brand name.

vehicles

The 1908 junior was a highwheeler . Its air-cooled two-cylinder engine was specified with 10/12 hp . It was mounted under the seat and drove the rear axle via a friction gear and two chains. The chassis had a wheelbase of 183 cm . A body was mounted on it as a runabout . Sales remained minimal, so that the model was abandoned after a year without replacement.

The Flier also came from 1908. It was built low. It had a four-cylinder engine with 24 hp, a two-speed gearbox and cardan drive . The wheelbase was 259 cm. It was available as a runabout and a five-seat touring car . In retrospect, the new price of 2000 US dollars is described as too high.

The tourist from 1909 to 1910 replaced the Flier . The engine output had been increased to 30 hp. The extended wheelbase of 279 cm made longer bodies possible. Runabouts and touring cars were again on offer. The original price could be reduced to 1500 US dollars.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1908 Junior 2 10/12 183 High wheeled runabout
1908 Flier 4th 24 259 Runabout, 5-seater touring car
1909-1910 tourist 4th 30th 279 Runabout, touring car

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. 456 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 440 (English).

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. 456 (English).
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 440 (English).