Union Automobile Manufacturing Company

Union Automobile Manufacturing Company
legal form	Company
founding	1904
resolution	1905 or later
Seat	St. Louis , Missouri , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Union Automobile Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in November 1904 in St. Louis , Missouri . It belonged to the Union Automobile Company of Indiana . Benjamin Hulbert, George B. Louderback and George H. Martin directed it. In 1905 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Union . Production ended in 1905. It is unclear whether the company existed after 1905.

Other US manufacturers of passenger cars of the brand Union were Union Electric Company , the above mentioned Union Automobile Company, Union Carriage Company , Union Sales Company and Union Automobile Company .

vehicles

There were two models to choose from. The Model 2 D had a two-cylinder engine with 12 hp and a chassis with a 206 cm wheelbase . The open touring car offered space for four people. The original price was 1,000 US dollars .

The Model E also had a two-cylinder engine. It made 16 hp. The wheelbase was 239 cm. The touring car had five seats and cost $ 1,125.

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. 1487 (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. 1642 (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. 1487 (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. 1642 (English).