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Starr was a US car brand.

Brand history

No company name has been handed down for the manufacturing company. Involved were Fred W. Starr, who previously worked for White , and Al S. Johnson, a former salesman for Hupmobile , who ran the factory, and BJ Ferris, VH Moffatt and SH Ponthan, who ran the office. The headquarters and factory were in Minneapolis , Minnesota . Automobile production began in autumn 1909. The brand name was Starr . In July 1910 there were plans to move into a plant in Downing , Wisconsin , but they failed. Production ended in 1910. A total of six vehicles were built.

vehicles

There were two models to choose from. One had a four-cylinder engine with a 101.6 mm bore , 114.3 mm stroke , 3707 cm³ displacement and 24 hp . The other had a six-cylinder engine from the Brownell Motor Company . 88.9 mm bore and 101.6 mm stroke resulted in 3784 cm³ displacement and 36 hp. The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm . The only superstructure offered was an open two-seater, sometimes called a runabout and sometimes a roadster . The new price was 1000 or 1500 US dollars, depending on the engine .

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. 1385 (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. 1505 (English).

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. 1385 (English).
  2. ↑ a b 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. 1505 (English).