St. Louis Motor Car Company

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St. Louis Motor Carriage Company
St. Louis Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1898
resolution 1907
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Peoria , Illinois , USA
management John L. French
Branch Automobiles

St. Louis from 1901
St. Louis from 1903

St. Louis Motor Car Company , previously the St. Louis Motor Carriage Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

John L. French and George Dorris founded the St. Louis Motor Carriage Company in St. Louis , Missouri , in 1899 . Joseph French, Callie French, HE French and Jesse French Jr. were also involved. They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was St. Louis . Business was good for a few years.

At the end of 1905 Dorris left the company and founded the Dorris Motor Car Company . French moved the company's headquarters to Peoria , Illinois and renamed it St. Louis Motor Car Company . Production ended in 1907. The company went bankrupt . In December 1907 the plant was sold.

There was no connection with the St. Louis Automotive Company , which was active a few years later.

vehicles

The first models had single and two-cylinder engines , chain drives and a steering lever for steering. The engine output in hp was recognizable from the model name .

In 1901 there were five models to choose from. The 7 HP was a runabout , the 9 HP was a trap and the 10 HP was a van , all with single cylinder engines. The 15 HP had two-cylinder engines as a delivery van and the 25 HP as a bus .

The steering wheel was introduced in 1902 . The 8 HP had a single cylinder engine. The top model was the 35 HP with a four-cylinder engine . Both were bodied as open touring cars .

In 1903 there was the 8 HP touring car known as the Boston Carriage and the 9 HP as the Light Tonneau touring car, both with single-cylinder engines. The 16 HP with a two-cylinder engine had the Victoria body shape .

In 1904 there were two models with single-cylinder engines in the range. They differed in the chassis . The 9 HP as runabout had a 191 cm wheelbase . The 10 ½ HP had a wheelbase of 203 cm and was a tonneau . Above that was the 24 HP with a three-cylinder engine . The wheelbase was 229 cm. This model was also bodied as a tonneau.

In 1905 the program was graduated differently. There was a choice of 12 HP with a single-cylinder engine, 16 HP with a two-cylinder engine and 20/24 HP with a three-cylinder engine . What they had in common was a 218 cm wheelbase and the structure as a tonneau with side entry.

From 1906 all vehicles had a four-cylinder engine and cardan drive . The models were given Roman numerals as designations. The Type XV (Roman for 15) had an engine that was specified with 30/34 hp and a 264 cm wheelbase. The Type XVI (Roman for 16) was a little more powerful with 32/36 hp and a little longer with a 274 cm wheelbase. Both were touring cars with five seats.

In 1907 there were three models to choose from. Type XVII (Roman for 17) had a 35 hp engine, 274 cm wheelbase and a two-seater runabout structure. The Type XVIII (Roman for 18) was identical except for the five-seater touring car body. The Type XIX (Roman for 19) had an engine with 45/50 hp and a 284 cm wheelbase. It was available as a touring car with five and seven seats.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1901 7 HP 1 7th Runabout
1901 9 HP 1 9 Trap
1901 10 HP 1 10 delivery trucks
1901 15 HP 2 15th delivery trucks
1901 25 HP 2 25th bus
1902 8 HP 1 8th Touring car
1902 35 HP 4th 35 Touring car
1903 8 HP 1 8th Boston Carriage Touring Car
1903 9 HP 1 9 Light Tonneau touring car
1903 16 HP 2 16 Victoria
1904 9 HP 1 9 191 Runabout
1904 10 ½ HP 1 10.5 203 Tonneau
1904 24 HP 3 24 229 Tonneau
1905 12 HP 1 12 218 Side entrance tonneau
1905 16 HP 2 16 218 Side entrance tonneau
1905 20/24 HP 3 20/24 218 Side entrance tonneau
1906 Type XV 4th 30/34 264 5-seater touring car
1906 Type XVI 4th 32/36 274 5-seater touring car
1907 Type XVII 4th 35 274 Runabout 2-seater
1907 Type XVIII 4th 35 274 5-seater touring car
1907 Type XIX 4th 45/50 284 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars

Production numbers

The production figures given in the sources vary widely. One source gives figures for each year and comes to a total of 1793 vehicles. The second and third sources give figures for each production location and end up with around 950 vehicles and 550 vehicles, respectively.

year Production number source 1 Production number source 2 Production number source 3
1899 30th 900 350
1900 100
1901 100
1902 125
1903 125
1904 230
1905 300
1906 500 50 200
1907 283
total 1793 950 550

Nine vehicles should still exist.

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. 1321 (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. 1516-1517 (English).

Web links

Commons : St. Louis Motor Car Company  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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).
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 1516-1517 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c Automobile Quarterly Volume 37, Volume 2.