Templar Motor Car Company

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Templar Motors Corporation
Templar Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1917
resolution 1924
Seat Cleveland , Ohio , USA
management TL househusband
Branch Automobiles

Templar Motor Car Company , formerly Templar Motors Corporation , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Templar Motors Corporation stock, issued September 18, 1919

Templar Motors Corporation was founded in Cleveland , Ohio in February 1917 . Matthew Frederick Bramley was president. The designer was Arthur M. Dean, who previously worked for the Pope Manufacturing Company and the Matheson Automobile Company . He was assisted by Paul F. Hackethal with experience at Mercer Motors Corporation , Allen Bartlett of FB Stearns Company and ME Morningstart, who previously worked for Chalmers Motor Car Company . In July 1917 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Templar .

In 1920 a shareholder filed for bankruptcy which was unfounded and dismissed. The plant burned down on December 13, 1921. In 1922 it went bankrupt.

In 1923 the name was changed to Templar Motor Car Company . TL Hausmann was now president. Production ended in 1924.

vehicles

Templar from 1919

Most of the vehicles had a self-made four-cylinder engine with OHV valve control . It had 85.725 mm bore , 139.7 mm stroke , 3228 cm³ displacement and made 43 hp . Many other parts were bought in.

From 1917 to 1918 there was the 43 HP . The chassis had a 300 cm wheelbase . There was a choice of touring cars with four and five seats, a roadster with two seats and a sedan with five seats.

From 1919 the designation Model 4-45 can be found . The five-seat touring cars and limousines remained in the range. There was also a Victoria Elite with four seats, a touring roadster with two seats and a Sportette with four seats.

In 1920 the range of bodies consisted of touring cars and sedans with five seats, a coupé with four seats, and Sportette and Roadster with two seats.

In 1921 nothing changed.

In 1922 the Sportette had four seats and the Coupé only three.

In 1923 the coupé had four seats again. Another four-seater sport replaced the previous Sportette .

In 1924 this model remained unchanged. The Six completed the range. It had a six-cylinder engine that was specified with 27.34 hp. The wheelbase was 310 cm. Four-wheel brakes are mentioned separately. Are Narrated Phaeton with five seats, sports with four seats, Brougham with four seats and a sedan with five seats.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1917-1918 43 HP 4th 43 300 4-seater and 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater sedan
1919 Model 4-45 4th 43 300 Victoria Elite 4-seat, touring car 5-seat, touring roadster 2-seat, Sportette 4-seat, sedan 5-seat
1920 Model 4-45 4th 43 300 5-seater touring car, 2-seater Sportette, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater sedan, 4-seater coupé
1921 Model 4-45 4th 43 300 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 2-seater Sportette, 4-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan
1922 Model 4-45 4th 43 300 5-seater touring car, 4-seater Sportette, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater sedan, 3-seater coupé
1923 Model 4-45 4th 43 300 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 4-seater sport, 4-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan
1924 Model 4-45 4th 43 300 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 4-seater sport, 4-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan
1924 Six 6th 27.34 310 Phaeton 5-seat, Sport 4-seat, Brougham 4-seat, Limousine 5-seat

Production numbers

A total of around 6000 vehicles were built. However, there are different details. The figures for the individual years can be found in the following table.

year Production number source 1 Production number source 2
1918 761 150
1919 1236 1050
1920 1850 1550
1921 683 850
1922 418 2690
1923 125 ?
1924 446 ?
total 5519 about 6290

One of the vehicles still in existence has the serial number 6333.

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. 1454-1455 (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. 1579-1580 (English).

Web links

Commons : Templar Motor Car Company  - Collection of pictures, 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. 1454-1455 (English).
  2. ↑ a b 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. 1579-1580 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Thomas F. Saal: Tarnished Knights. The Templar Motor Car Company. In: Automobile Quarterly , Volume 31, Issue 4, pp. 70–85.