Union Sales Company

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Eagle Motor Car Company
Union Sales Company
legal form Company
founding 1911
resolution 1912
Seat Columbus , Ohio , USA
management JW O'Brian
Branch Automobiles

Union Sales Company , previously Eagle Motor Car Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source uses the names Union Motor Car Company and Union Motor Sales Company .

Company history

JW O'Brian founded the Eagle Motor Car Company in Columbus , Ohio in 1911 . He wanted to manufacture Eagle brand vehicles. When he noticed that this brand name was being used widely, he renamed the company in late 1911. The production took place with the support of the Dunlap Engineering Company and ran from 1911 to 1912. The brand name was Union . A source states that O'Brian went into hiding in February 1912.

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

vehicles

The only model was the 25 . It had a four-cylinder engine with 25 hp . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm . The structure was a roadster with two seats. A noticeable feature was an oval fuel tank behind the seats. The original price was 650 US dollars .

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. 1488 (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. ↑ a b 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. 1488 (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).
  3. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 290 (English).