Sterling Machine Works

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Sterling Machine Works
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founding 1907
resolution 1909 or later
Seat Sterling , Illinois , USA
Branch Automobiles

Sterling Machine Works was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1907 in Sterling , Illinois . The Sterling Standard reported it on September 10, 1907. At the beginning of 1909 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Sterling . Production ended in the same year.

Frantz Specialty Manufacturing Company , founded on September 16, 1909, rented a building from Sterling. It is not known whether the company existed after 1909.

vehicles

The vehicles had a single cylinder engine with air cooling . An engine output of 20 hp was specified, which one source describes as doubtful. The structure was a motor buggy. As far as is known, at least two vehicles were built.

Overview of car brands from the US, the Sterling include

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Ams sterling Amston Motor Car Company 1917 1918 Bridgeport, Connecticut
sterling Sterling Automobile & Engine Company 1901 1902 Sterling, Illinois
sterling Springfield Cornice Works 1901 1901 Springfield, Massachusetts
sterling Sterling Machine Works 1909 1909 Sterling, Illinois
sterling Elkhart Motor Car Company 1909 1911 Elkhart, Indiana
sterling Sterling Motor Car Company 1915 1916 Brockton, Massachusetts
sterling Consolidated Motor Car Company (Connecticut) 1920 1920 Middlefield, Connecticut
Sterling Knight Sterling Knight Company 1920 1926 Warren, Ohio
Sterling New York Sterling Automobile Manufacturing Company 1915 1916 New York City, New York

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. 1397 (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. 1397 (English).
  2. ↑ Sterling Standard of September 10, 1907 (accessed March 9, 2019)
  3. ↑ Genealogy Trails (accessed March 9, 2019)