Spaulding Manufacturing Company

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Spaulding Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1876
resolution 1920s
Seat Grinnell , Iowa , USA
Branch vehicles

building

Spaulding Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

Henry W. Spaulding founded the company in Grinnell , Iowa in 1876 . He made carriages . Later his sons Frederick E. and Ernest H. joined the company. In 1910 the production of automobiles began . The brand name was Spaulding . In 1916 the production of motor vehicles ended. Then bodies for commercial vehicles and road machines were built in the 1920s.

In a preserved building, the Iowa Transportation Museum opened in the 2010s , which, among other things, exhibited a Spaulding car.

There was no connection with Spaulding Automobile & Motor Company , which a few years earlier also manufactured Spaulding passenger cars.

Motor vehicles

All vehicles had a four-cylinder engine . First he came from the Rutenber Motor Company and from 1914 from Buda .

1910 there were Model C and Model D . Its engine made 30 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 284 cm . There was a choice of touring cars with five seats, pony tonneau with four seats and roadsters with three seats.

In 1911, a two-seater roadster and a five-seater touring car with front doors were added for the Model C. In the Model D , the engine output was increased to 40 hp and the wheelbase was extended to 310 cm. Five-seater touring cars, also with front doors, four-seater pony tonneau and two-seater roadster have been handed down.

In 1912, the body of the selection was limited Model C back on the offer of 1910. In addition, there was the Model E . Its engine was specified with 35/40 hp. The wheelbase was 297 cm. The vehicle was only available as a touring car with five seats.

In 1913 there were two models in the range. Both had a 40 hp engine and a 305 cm wheelbase. Model G was available as a three-seat roadster and a five-seat touring car. Model H was a roadster with two seats.

1914, there were only the Model H . Now it was bodied as a five-seater touring car.

In 1915, a sleeping car supplemented the superstructures available. It was an early form of a mobile home . The front seats could be folded down to form a bed.

In 1916 the Model H was available as a five-seat touring car and a three-seat roadster.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1910 Model C 4th 30th 284 5-seater touring car, 4-seater pony tonneau, 3-seater roadster
1910 Model D 4th 30th 284 5-seater touring car, 4-seater pony tonneau, 3-seater roadster
1911 Model C 4th 30th 284 Roadster 2-seat and 3-seat, touring car 5-seat, Pony Tonneau 4-seat, Fore-Door touring car 5-seat
1911 Model D 4th 40 310 5-seater touring car, 4-seater pony tonneau, 5-seater Fore-Door touring car, 2-seater roadster
1912 Model C 4th 30th 284 5-seater touring car, 4-seater pony tonneau, 3-seater roadster
1912 Model E. 4th 35/40 297 5-seater touring car
1913 Model G 4th 40 305 Roadster 3-seater, touring car 5-seater
1913 Model H 4th 40 305 Roadster 2-seater
1914 Model H 4th 40 305 5-seater touring car
1915 Model H 4th 40 305 5-seater touring car, sleeping car
1916 Model H 4th 40 305 5-seater touring car, 3-seater roadster

Production numbers

year Production number
1910 70
1911 157
1912 300
1913 300
1914 300
1915 300
1916 54
total 1481

Source:

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. 1364-1365 (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. 1481 (English).

Web links

Commons : Spaulding Manufacturing Company  - collection of pictures, 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. 1364-1365 (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. 1481 (English).