Stanwood Motor Car Company

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Stanwood Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1920
resolution 1922
Seat St. Louis , Missouri , USA
management ND Thompson Jr.
Branch Automobiles

Stanwood Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1920 in St. Louis , Missouri . ND Thompson Jr. was President, LW Cranshaw Secretary, Leslie H. Thompson Treasurer, John D. Lazar Production Manager, Norman Daut Advertising Manager, and Fred H. Berger Chief Engineer. They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Stanwood . Production ended in 1922.

The company produced 303 vehicles in the first year of production. In the following year there were 178 and last year 161. That’s a total of 642 vehicles. Another source estimates 250 to 300 vehicles in the total time.

vehicles

There was only one basic model on offer. Many parts were bought in. The 55 hp engine came from the Continental Motors Company . It was a type 7 R six-cylinder engine . The power transmission came from Grant-Lees and the clutch from Borg & Beck . The chassis had a 300 cm wheelbase .

In 1920 there was the Model A-20 . The structure was an open touring car with five seats.

The A-21 model followed in 1921 .

In 1922 it became the Model A-22 . A roadster with three seats and a sedan with four seats complemented the body versions on offer. One source says the sedan was offered but not manufactured.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1920 Model A-20 6th 55 300 5-seater touring car
1921 Model A-21 6th 55 300 5-seater touring car
1922 Model A-22 6th 55 300 5-seater touring car, 3-seater roadster, 4-seater sedan

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. 1382 (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. 1503 (English).

Web links

Commons : Stanwood Motor Car Company  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 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. 1382 (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. 1503 (English).