Steam Vehicle Corporation of America

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Steam Vehicle Corporation of America
legal form Corporation
founding 1923
resolution 1929
Reason for dissolution liquidation
Seat Allentown , Pennsylvania , USA
Branch Automobiles

Steam Vehicle Corporation of America was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Allentown , Pennsylvania in 1923 . In early 1924, the Stanley Motor Carriage Company was taken over. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name may initially have been Stanley and was later changed to SV in the year . Production ended in 1927. Liquidation followed in 1929 .

vehicles

Only steam cars were on offer . They had a steam engine with two cylinders . It made 20 hp .

The Stanley Model 740 existed until 1924 . It remains unclear whether they were made by Stanley or by Steam Vehicle Corporation. The chassis had a wheelbase of 330 cm . There was a choice of open touring cars with four, five and seven seats, a roadster , a sedan with seven seats and a utility sedan with five seats.

In model year 1925, a revised model appeared as SV . It was called the Model 252-V . The wheelbase was shortened to 310 cm. The range of bodies was limited to touring cars and sedans, both with five seats. The new price could be reduced.

In 1926 it became the Model 262 . The limousine was omitted.

The Model 770 followed in 1927 . Differences are not known.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1925 Model 252-V 2 20th 310 5-seater touring car, 5-seater sedan
1926 Model 262 2 20th 310 5-seater touring car
1927 Model 770 2 20th 310 5-seater touring car

Production numbers

102 Stanley have survived for 1924. 86 vehicles were built in 1925. 31 followed in 1926 and 16 in 1927.

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. 1451 (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. 1501-1502 (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. 1451 (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. 1501-1502 (English).