Sphinx Motor Car Company

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Sphinx Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1916
Seat York , Pennsylvania , USA
management HR Averill
Branch Automobiles

Sphinx Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

HR Averill was a sales manager for the Pullman Motor Car Company for seven years . In April 1914 he gave up the post. Then he looked for sponsors for his own car project. In September 1914 he founded the company in York , Pennsylvania . He moved into the factory of the former commercial vehicle manufacturer Hart-Kraft Motor Car Company . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Sphinx . The designer was ET Gilliard.

In July 1915 there were rumors of the company's name being changed to DuPont Motor Car Company and the introduction of the DuPont brand name . It is unclear whether this happened. In any case, in October 1915 the 1916 models were announced again as the Sphinx.

123 vehicles were built by the end of 1915 and 228 in 1916. Production ended in October 1916. In total, that's 351 vehicles.

The Bell Motor Car Company took over part of the plant.

vehicles

The vehicles from 1914 were assigned to the 1915 model year .

The vehicles had a four-cylinder engine from Lycoming . A bore of 85.725 mm and a stroke of 127 mm resulted in a displacement of 2932 cc . The engine was rated at 18 hp . The transmission had three gears. The chassis had a wheelbase of 284 cm . There was a choice of touring cars with five seats and roadsters with two seats.

In 1915 the vehicles were called Model A-15 and the following year Model B-16 .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1915 Model A-15 4th 18th 284 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1916 Model B-16 4th 18th 284 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster

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. 1368 (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. 1484 (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. 1368 (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. 1484 (English).