Wahl Motor Company

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Wahl Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1913
resolution 1914
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management Joseph Hofweber
Branch Automobiles

Wahl Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Other sources cite Wahl Motor Car Company .

Company history

The company was founded in Detroit , Michigan in the spring of 1913 . Alvan M. Dodge, Joseph Hofweber and George Wahl were involved. Automobile production began in the summer of 1913. The brand name was Wahl . The company also offered to produce unbranded vehicles so dealers or buyers could add their own branding. The basic chapter was small, so that financial problems quickly arose. Wahl committed suicide on October 6, 1913. In December 1913, the first bankruptcy began . In February 1914, Dodge left the company to form the short-lived Dodge Motor Car Company . Bankruptcy followed in October 1914 .

Albert C. Barley of the Barley Manufacturing Company bought the leftovers in December 1914. In 1915 the Massnick-Phipps Manufacturing Company took over the plant.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. The 25 HP had a four-cylinder engine of Hazard . 95.25 mm bore and 114.3 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 3258 cm³ . The engine output was specified with 25 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 274 cm .

In the first year, a two-seat roadster was $ 750 and a five-seat touring car was $ 790. In 1914 the price for both variants was increased to a uniform $ 890.

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. 1505-1506 (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. 1715-1716 (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. 1505-1506 (English).
  2. ↑ Advertisement by the company (accessed April 20, 2019)
  3. ↑ 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. 1715-1716 (English).
  4. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 298 (English).