Standard Car Manufacturing Company

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Standard Electric Car Company
Standard Car Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1911
resolution 1915
Seat Jackson , Michigan , USA
management Clem F. Krueger
Branch Automobiles

Standard Car Manufacturing Company , previously the Standard Electric Car Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Clem F. Krueger ran the Standard Electric Car Company , based in Jackson , Michigan . In 1911 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Standard , unofficially also Standard Electrique .

In November 1913 it was renamed Standard Car Manufacturing Company when the capital was increased. Disgruntled shareholders called for bankruptcy , but it was denied.

Production ended in November 1915. Benjamin Briscoe took over the factory and used it for his Argo Motor Company .

vehicles

Only electric cars were on offer . An electric motor drove the vehicles. The operating lever was designed for six different speeds. It was steered with a steering lever from the right seat. The advertising emphasized the range of 177 km. The maximum speed was given as 32 km / h. Most of the vehicles had closed bodies.

From 1911 to 1912, was only the model M . The chassis had a wheelbase of 231 cm . The structure was a coupe with four seats.

In 1913, the wheelbase was retained for a two-seater runabout on this model . For the four-seater coupé, however, the wheelbase was lengthened to 244 cm. In addition, there was the Model L . It had a wheelbase of 229 cm and was bodied as a two-seater coupé.

From 1914 to 1915 only the Model M was in the range. The wheelbase was now a uniform 244 cm. There was a choice of a two-seat roadster and a three-seat coupé.

Model overview

year model Wheelbase (cm) construction
1911-1912 Model M 231 4-seater coupé
1913 Model L 229 Coupé 2-seater
1913 Model M 231 Runabout 2-seater
1913 Model M 244 4-seater coupé
1914-1915 Model M 244 Roadster 2-seater, Coupé 3-seater

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. 1376 (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. 1499 (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. 1376 (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. 1499 (English).