Suburban Motor Car Company

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De Schaum Motor Car Company
Suburban Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1910
resolution 1912
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management RA Palmer
Branch Automobiles

Suburban Motor Car Company , previously De Schaum Motor Car Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

William A. de Schaum ran the De Schaum Motor Syndicate Company until 1909 . In 1910 he founded the De Schaum Motor Car Company in Detroit , Michigan . In 1911 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Suburban . De Schaum had plans for a large plant in Ecorse . Then financial problems arose. In November 1912, de Schaum had to leave the company. By then ten vehicles had been made.

RA Palmer became the new president. Another 15 vehicles were built under his leadership. Production ended in 1912.

Palmer then founded the Palmer Motor Car Company .

vehicles

There were two different models in the range. Series A had a four-cylinder engine with 20 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 269 ​​cm . The only structure was a roadster . The original price was 1,200 US dollars .

The Limited , on the other hand, had a six-cylinder engine with 28 hp. The wheelbase was 274 cm. This model was also bodied as a roadster. Despite the larger engine and longer chassis, the price was on par with the smaller model.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1911-1912 Series A 4th 20th 269 Roadster
1911-1912 Limited 6th 28 274 Roadster

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. 1447-1448 (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. 1539 (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. 1447-1448 (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. 1539 (English).