Sumner (automobile manufacturer)

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Sumner
legal form
founding 1901 or earlier
resolution 1902 or later
Seat Cincinnati , Ohio , USA
management Harry Sumner
Branch Automobiles

Sumner was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Harry Sumner ran the company as a mechanical workshop in Cincinnati , Ohio . Between 1901 and 1902 he manufactured a number of automobiles. The brand name was Sumner .

vehicles

Sumner responded to customer requests. The vehicles had a gasoline engine . EV Wilbern stated that with one of these vehicles he drove the distance from Cincinnati to Hamilton , at least 48 km, in 55 minutes.

At the beginning of 1902 another vehicle was built for Wilbern. It was an open touring car with six seats. Wilbern planned a trip around the world with it. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported the plans on June 11, 1902.

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. 1449 (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. 1449 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 276 (English).
  3. ↑ The Cincinnati Enquirer of June 11, 1902 (accessed March 16, 2019)