Union Automobile Company (1901)

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Union Automobile Company
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founding 1901
resolution 1905
Seat Anderson , Indiana , USA
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Automobile prototype from 1901, which later became the Union . The car was designed by John W. Lambert.

The Union Automobile Company was an American automobile manufacturer founded in 1901.

history

The company manufactured automobiles in Union City, Indiana from 1902 to 1905 . In 1905 the company moved to Anderson, Indiana .

John W. Lambert's first sales success in the automotive industry was the Union. The car was named after the city in which it was manufactured with approval from the Union City Chamber of Commerce. Most of the components were manufactured by the Buckeye Manufacturing Company of Anderson, which was also owned by Lambert.

The first Union was delivered in 1902. The first Lambert automobile with a friction disc drive and without a gearbox could be seen on the road as a prototype in 1901. A two-cylinder boxer engine with a displacement of 2471 cm³ was used for the drive, which was installed far in front and connected to the drive pulleys at the rear with two side chains. For example, a single-seat automobile was made that weighed 634 kg and had an engine with 4 bhp (2.9 kW) output. Another model weighed 815 kg and its engine produced 7 bhp (5.1 kW). These engines were also made by Buckeye. They ran up to 1500 min −1 ; but at idle they only turned 150 min −1 . They were equipped with magnetos. The first model was soon followed by a second - also with a friction disc drive - but the engine of which was installed at the very rear.

The Union Automobile Company also built a five-seat tonneau model in 1904 and 1905. In 1904 the car had 10 bhp (7.4 kW), in 1905 it was already 12 bhp (8.8 kW) or 16 bhp (11.8 kW). In 1905, most of the production took place at the Anderson plant, where the engines were built right from the start. In the same year the Union was renamed Lambert .

The Union Automobile Company built mid- range gasoline automobiles for business and private customers. The company's facilities were largely owned by Buckeye Manufacturing Company , a wagon manufacturer, and the Lambert Gas and Gasoline Engine Company of Anderson, both of which were owned by the Lambert family. A total of over 300 Union automobiles were built.

Other US manufacturers of passenger cars of the brand Union were Union Electric Company , Union Automobile Manufacturing Company , Union Carriage Company , Union Sales Company and Union Automobile Company (1915).

Models

model Construction period cylinder power wheelbase Superstructures
A. 1902-1903 2 boxers 8 bhp (5.9 kW) 1829 mm Runabout 2/4 seats
B. 1904 2 boxers 12 bhp (8.8 kW) 1829 mm Runabout 2/4 seats
C. 1904 2 boxers 10 bhp (7.4 kW) 1981 mm Tonneau 5 seats
D. 1905 2 boxers 12 bhp (8.8 kW) 2057 mm Tonneau 5 seats
E. 1905 2 boxers 16 bhp (11.8 kW) 2388 mm Runabout 2/4 seats, tonneau 5 seats

literature

  • Biography of John W. Lambert, written by his son January 25, 1935, from the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection
  • Forkner, John L .: History of Madison County, Indiana , The Lewis Publishing Company, New York and Chicago (1914)
  • Bailey, L. Scott: Historic Discovery: 1891 Lambert, New Claim for America's First Car , Antique Automobile magazine, Issue 24, No. 5, October-November 1960
  • Wise, David Burgess: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles , ISBN 0-7858-1106-0
  • Dittlinger, Esther et al .: Anderson: A Pictorial History , G. Bradley Publishing (1990), ISBN 0943963168
  • Huffman, Wallace Spencer: Indiana's Place in Automobile History in Indiana History Bulletin , Issue 44, No. 2, Feb. 1967; Indiana Historical Bureau, Indianapolis
  • Huhti, Thomas: The Great Indiana Touring Book: 20 Spectacular Auto Tours , Big Earth Publishing (2002), ISBN 1-9315990-9-2
  • James, Wanda: Driving from Japan , McFarland (2005), ISBN 0-786417-3-4X
  • Madden, WC: Haynes-Apperson and America's First Practical Automobile: A History , McFarland (2003), ISBN 0-7864139-7-2
  • Scharchburg, Richard P .: Carriages Without Horses: J. Frank Duryea and the Birth of the American Automobile Industry , Society of American Engineers (SAE) (1993), ISBN 1-5609138-0-0

Web links

Commons : Union Automobile Company  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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 (English).
  2. ↑ Union City History ( Memento of October 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b c Kimes, Beverly Rae: Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805-1942 , Krause Publications, Iola WI (1996), ISBN 0-8734142-8-4
  4. ↑ The Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine , The Horseless Age Company (1902)
  5. ^ George Nick Georgano : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile , Taylor & Francis (2000), ISBN 1-5795829-3-1
  6. ↑ Dolnar, Hugh: Automobile Trade Journal Article: The Lambert 1906 Line of Automobiles, Chilton Company, January 10, 1906