Waltham Motor Manufacturers

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Waltham Motor Manufacturers Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1921
resolution 1922
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Waltham , Massachusetts , USA
management Charles Herman Metz
Branch Automobiles

Waltham Motor Manufacturers was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles Herman Metz headed the Metz Company . In 1921 financial difficulties began. In December of the same year he founded the new company as a result of a reorganization. The seat was also in Waltham , Massachusetts . In 1922 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Waltham . Production ended in 1922. Bankruptcy followed in August 1922 . A total of six vehicles were built.

Previous manufacturers of this brand of passenger car were Waltham Automobile Company and Waltham Manufacturing Company .

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It largely corresponded to the last model from Metz. The six-cylinder engine came from the Rutenber Motor Company . It was specified with 45 hp . The chassis had a 305 cm wheelbase . There was a choice of an open touring car with five seats and a roadster with two seats. The original price was 2450 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. 1511 (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. 1718-1719 (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. 1511 (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. 1718-1719 (English).