Strattan Motors Corporation

Strattan Motors Corporation
legal form	Corporation
founding	1923
resolution	1923
Seat	Indianapolis , Indiana , USA
management	Frank E. Strattan
Branch	Automobiles

Strattan Motors Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Frank E. Strattan was vice president of Grant Motor Car Corporation , which was dissolved in 1922. He started his own company in Indianapolis , Indiana in 1923 . Frederick Barrows, who was also President of Premier Motors , became vice president . In March 1923 Monroe was taken over. Strattan planned to market its vehicles as Strattan and Monroe . It was also planned that Strattan would take over Premier. But it didn't come to that. In June 1923, Premier took over the Monroe values ​​from Strattan. Strattan put it that way that he wanted to focus on his Strattan brand . The plans amounted to 50 vehicles a day. Production ended in 1923. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

vehicles

The vehicles had a four-cylinder engine with an L-head . It made 23 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 259 cm . One illustration shows an open touring car . New prices ranged from $ 695 to $ 995 .

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. 1407 (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. 1525 (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. 1407 (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. 1525 (English).