Springer Motor Vehicle Company

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Springer Motor Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1903
resolution 1905
Seat New York City , New York , USA
management John H. Springer
Branch Automobiles

Springer Motor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

John H. Springer founded the company in New Haven , Connecticut in 1903 . To this end, he took over the Kidder Motor Vehicle Company from the same city in April 1903 . At first he continued the production of the Kidder automobiles. The brand name was Springer .

In the summer of 1903 the company moved to New York City . Frank T. Clark was hired as a designer who designed new models. Production ended in 1905.

vehicles

The first vehicles were steam cars .

Clark developed cars with gasoline engines . First, a model with a water-cooled two - cylinder engine appeared . The engine developed 12 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 213 cm . The body was a roadster .

A little later followed a model with a four-cylinder engine that was also water-cooled. In fact, there were two separate two-cylinder engines that could be operated individually or together. They were mounted under the front seats. The engine output was specified as 40 hp. The wheelbase was 267 cm. These cars were bodied as touring cars .

In 1905 the smaller model was given a longer wheelbase of 234 cm. The original price was 2500 US dollars . In the larger model, the engine output was now specified as 30 hp. A large front hood that wasn't a hood simulated a front engine. A large windshield was striking .

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. 1370 (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. 1485 (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. 1370 (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. 1485 (English).