St. Louis Car Company

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St. Louis Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1887
resolution 1974
Seat St. Louis , Missouri , USA
Branch vehicles

St. Louis trolleybus

St. Louis Car Company was an American vehicle manufacturer.

Company history

The company existed from 1887 to 1974 in St. Louis , Missouri . Among other things, it produced trolleybuses and trams . Several attempts were made in automobile construction, each of which was abandoned within a few years.

Car

Brand name St. Louis

The first production of passenger cars took place in 1905. The brand name St. Louis corresponded to the location of the company. Theodore P. Meinhard was the designer. The only model was a runabout . A two-cylinder engine propelled the vehicles. The success was low, so that only a few vehicles were built.

Kobusch

The then president of the company, George J. Kobusch, founded the independent Kobusch Automobile Company in the same place in 1906 . There he only produced vehicles that resembled the French Mors in 1906 .

American Mors brand name

In 1906 a license was acquired from Mors. The brand name was American Mors . Production ran until 1909.

Only models with four-cylinder engines were offered . Until 1908 the range consisted of three models. The Model A had an engine with 14/18  hp , a wheelbase of 262 cm and a five-seater touring car body . The Model B was with 23/32 hp slightly stronger, with 269 cm wheelbase slightly longer and offered as a sedan space for seven people. The strongest and longest vehicle was the Model C with 40/52 hp and a 305 cm wheelbase. The open touring car had seven seats.

In 1909 there were also three models. The previous Model A had been abandoned. The Model B was further developed into the Model F. The engine was now specified with 24/32 hp. With the same wheelbase of 269 cm, seven-seater bodies were available as touring cars and limousines. The Model K solved the Model C from. The engine was specified with 40/50 hp. The wheelbase was unchanged at 305 cm. Only a seven-seater touring car has survived. The new Model L with 30 hp and 279 cm wheelbase was a five-seat touring car.

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1906-1908 Model A 4th 14/18 262 5-seater touring car
1906-1908 Model B 4th 23/32 269 7-seater sedan
1906-1908 Model C 4th 40/52 305 7-seater touring car
1909 Model F 4th 24/32 269 7-seater touring car, 7-seater sedan
1909 Model K 4th 30th 305 7-seater touring car
1909 Model L 6th 40/50 279 5-seater touring car

Brand name standard

This brand was launched in 1910, with one source also mentioning the name Standard Six , which corresponds to the connection between brand and model name. The place of production was initially St. Louis. From 1910 to 1911, manufacturing took place in a facility in Wabash , Indiana .

The only model Six had a six-cylinder engine with 50 hp. The engine drove the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The wheelbase was 315 cm. Sedans, roadsters , tonneau and touring cars were available.

Skelton

Between 1920 and 1922, Skelton Motors Corporation manufactured vehicles at the St. Louis Car Company's facility, which were marketed as Skelton .

An overview of US car brands that begin with Standard

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
default Boston Automobile Company 1900 1900 Bar Harbor, Maine
default Standard Motor Vehicle Company (New Jersey) 1900 1901 Camden, New Jersey
default Standard Motor Vehicle Company (California) 1901 1902 Oakland, California
default Standard Motor Construction Company 1904 1905 Jersey City, New Jersey
default St. Louis Car Company 1910 1911 St. Louis, Missouri
default Standard Car Manufacturing Company 1911 1915 Jackson, Michigan
default Standard Engineering Company 1914 1914 Chicago, Illinois
default Standard Steel Car Company 1914 1923 Butler, Pennsylvania
Standard GE Standard Gas Electric Power Company 1909 1910 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. 43, pp. 827-828, p. 1321, p. 1354 and p. 1376-1377 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 832. (English)
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1468 and p. 1499. (English)

Web links

Commons : St. Louis Car 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. 43 (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. 832, p. 1468 and p. 1499. (English)
  3. ↑ 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. 1321 (English).
  4. ↑ 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. 827-828 (English).
  5. ↑ 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. 1376-1377 (English).
  6. ↑ 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. 1354 (English).