Stout (make of car)

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Stout Scarab
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Stout Scarab from 1946

Stout was an American automobile brand. There are different details about the manufacturers.

Brand history

William B. Stout had experience in automotive and aircraft construction with WH McIntyre Company , Scripps-Booth and Packard . In 1932 he founded Stout Engineering Laboratories in Detroit , Michigan . In the same year he made a prototype .

After that, Stout founded a separate company. Some sources name the Stout Motor Car Company , while others name the Stout Motor Corporation and the Stout Motor Car Corporation . Three patents have been issued for the latter company name . Stout developed the project further. In 1935 the second vehicle was ready. Then the production of individual cars began. The brand name was Stout . Production initially ended in 1936.

Another vehicle followed in 1946. One source names Owens Corning as the manufacturer , another more precisely Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation at a plant in Newark , Ohio . This company is based in Toledo , Ohio.

There are different details about the number of pieces. One source states that there may have been no more than five. Another source names around nine production vehicles. A third source states that nine vehicles were made, five of which still exist.

vehicles

The only model was the Stout Scarab . He was very progressive for his time. A V8 engine from Ford was mounted in the rear and drove to the rear axle. The original price was 5,000 US dollars .

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. 1326 (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. 1523 (English).

Web links

Commons : Stout  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 1326 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d e 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. 1523 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 254 and p. 274 (English).
  4. ↑ a b c Bill Vance: Motoring Memories: William Stout and his Scarab (accessed March 16, 2019)
  5. ↑ Congressional record-house of February 19, 1940 (PDF; English, accessed on March 16, 2019)
  6. ↑ www.leagle.com (accessed March 16, 2019)
  7. ↑ www.coachbuilt.com (accessed March 16, 2019)
  8. ↑ The Alexandria Times-Tribune, June 11, 1936 (accessed March 16, 2019)
  9. ↑ The Indianapolis Star, June 14, 1936 (accessed March 16, 2019)
  10. ↑ Journal and Courier of June 15, 1936, page 3 (accessed March 16, 2019)
  11. ↑ Journal and Courier, June 15, 1936, page 9 (accessed March 16, 2019)
  12. ^ Letter of April 10, 1937 (English, accessed March 16, 2019)
  13. ^ Prospectus (accessed March 16, 2019)
  14. ↑ Advertisement (English, accessed on March 16, 2019)
  15. ↑ The Oriental Watchman and Herald of Health, January 1936 (PDF; accessed March 16, 2019)
  16. ↑ Patent dated April 16, 1934 , patent dated November 18, 1935 , patent dated February 3, 1936 (PDF; English, accessed on March 16, 2019)