Staver Motor Company

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Staver Carriage Company
Staver Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1899
resolution 1914
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
management Harry B. Staver
Branch vehicles

Staver Motor Company , previously Staver Carriage Company , was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

Henry C. Staver founded the Staver Carriage Company in Chicago , Illinois in 1899 . He made carriages . In 1907 the production of automobiles began . The brand name was Staver .

Henry Staver died in late 1907. His son Harry B. Staver took over the management. In 1911 the name was changed to Staver Motor Company . In 1912 the wagon division was taken over by Mitchell Motors Company , which is a source of bad decision.

Production ended in 1914. The Partin-Palmer Manufacturing Company took over the plant.

vehicles

From 1907 to 1908, was only the model D . It was a high wheeler . It had a two-cylinder engine that was specified with 18/20 hp . It drove the rear axle via a planetary gear and two chains. Was steered with a steering lever. The top speed of 48 km / h was relatively high for this type of vehicle. The chassis had a wheelbase of 198 cm . The structure was called the Stanhope Buggy and offered space for two people. The original price was 1,000 US dollars . For comparison, Sears sold highwheelers for $ 370 to $ 495 and Holsman for $ 650 to $ 800.

1909 from the Model D . The engine now developed 24 hp. The wheelbase was 218 cm. The setup was a runabout with two seats. The price could be lowered to $ 950.

After that, more modern vehicles that were built lower appeared. They had four-cylinder engines , an ordinary gearbox and cardan drive . Each year, they were available in two to three performance levels and several body designs. The exact structures per year and type can be found in the table below.

In 1910 there was the 30 HP with an engine that made 30 HP. The wheelbase measured 284 cm. The range also included the 45 HP with a 45 HP engine and 297 cm wheelbase.

In 1911 the 30 HP remained unchanged. Above that was the 35 HP with 35 hp and a wheelbase of either 284 or 297 cm. The top model was the 40 HP . Its engine developed 40 hp. The wheelbase was 315 cm.

In 1912 the weakest model was dropped. The 35 HP usually had 284 cm and in some cases 305 cm wheelbase. The 40 HP remained unchanged.

In 1913, the individual structures were given the names of districts of Chicago. There was a choice of 30 HP with 305 cm wheelbase, 35 HP with 315 cm wheelbase and 40 HP with 325 cm wheelbase.

These names were dropped again for the 1914 model year . The Model 45 developed 45 hp and had a 300 cm wheelbase. In the Model 55 , the engine made 55 hp. The wheelbase was 305 cm. The new top model was the Model 65 . It had a six-cylinder engine with 70 hp. The wheelbase was 351 cm.

At least the 35 HP had a Teetor-Hartley engine . A 4.5 inch (114.3 mm) bore and 5 inch (127 mm) stroke resulted in a displacement of 5212 cc .

Model overview

year model execution cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907-1908 Model D 2 18/20 198 Stanhope buggy 2-seater
1909 Model 20 2 24 218 Runabout 2-seater
1910 30 HP Model H 4th 30th 284 5-seater touring car
1910 30 HP Model I. 4th 30th 284 Torpedo 5-seater
1910 30 HP Model J 4th 30th 284 Surrey 4 seater
1910 30 HP Model K 4th 30th 284 Baby tonneau 4-seater
1910 45 HP Model L 4th 45 297 Runabout
1910 45 HP Model M 4th 45 297 Touring car
1911 30 HP Model B 4th 30th 284 Baby tonneau 4-seater
1911 30 HP Model F 4th 30th 284 Fore-Door touring car, 5-seater
1911 30 HP Model R 4th 30th 284 Torpedo Roadster 5-seater
1911 30 HP Model RR 4th 30th 284 Racing Roadster 2-seater
1911 30 HP Model T 4th 30th 284 5-seater touring car
1911 35 HP Model I. 4th 35 284 Roadster
1911 35 HP Model I. 4th 35 297 5-seater touring car, 5-seater fore-door touring car
1911 40 HP Model R 4th 40 315 7-seater touring car, 7-seater fore door touring car, coupé , limousine
1912 35 HP Model B 4th 35 284 Fore-Door touring car, 5-seater
1912 35 HP Model BT 4th 35 284 Baby tonneau 4-seater
1912 35 HP Model C 4th 35 284 Coupe
1912 35 HP Model D 4th 35 284 limousine
1912 35 HP Model F 4th 35 305 Fore-Door Touring Car, Special
1912 35 HP Model R 4th 35 284 Torpedo Roadster 5-seater
1912 35 HP Model RR 4th 35 284 Racing Roadster 2-seater
1912 40 HP Model F 4th 40 315 Fore-door touring car
1912 40 HP Model L 4th 40 315 limousine
1912 40 HP Model RR 4th 40 315 Racing Roadster 2-seater
1912 40 HP Model T 4th 40 315 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars
1913 30 HP 4th 30th 305 Algonquin Speed ​​Roadster
1913 35 HP 4th 35 315 Englewood Touring Car 5-seat, Englewood Limited Touring Car 5-seat, Edgewater Touring Car 5-seat, Newport Touring Car 5-seat, Greyhound Speed ​​Roadster 4-seat, Beverly Touring Car 5-seat, Berkley Tonneau 4-seat, Lakeport Roadster, South Shore Colonial Coupe, North Shore sedan
1913 40 HP 4th 40 315 Dictator touring car 5-seater
1914 Model 45 4th 45 300 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1914 Model 55 4th 55 305 5-seater touring car, 2-seater Speedster
1914 Model 65 6th 70 351 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars

Production numbers

One source gives the production figures per year and comes to 7092 vehicles. Another source names a total of 5880 vehicles, including 800 high-wheelers.

year Production number
1907 213
1908 374
1909 426
1910 816
1911 1110
1912 1316
1913 1410
1914 1427
total 7092

About five vehicles still exist.

A preserved 35 HP from 1911 was auctioned in 2004 for around 50,000 euros .

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. 1386-1387 (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. 1506 (English).

Web links

Commons : Staver Motor 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. 1386-1387 (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. 1506 (English).
  3. a b c d David Traver Adolphus: The Staver Carriage Company from January 2010. (English, accessed March 9, 2019)
  4. a b Auction 2004 (English, accessed on March 23, 2019)
  5. David Traver Adolphus: Carriage Construction - 1908 Staver (English, accessed March 9, 2019)