Washington Motor Car Company

Carter Motor Car Corporation ; Carter International Motor Car Company ; Washington Motor Car Company ; Independence Motor Company ; Washington Motor Car Company
legal form	Company
founding	1905
resolution	1913
Seat	Washington, DC , USA
management	A. Gary Carter
Branch	Automobiles

Washington Motor Car Company , previously Carter Motor Car Corporation , Carter International Motor Car Company , Washington Motor Car Company, and Independence Motor Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Howard A. Carter founded Carter Motor Car Corporation on May 19, 1905 . The headquarters were in Washington, DC Production was initially to take place in Detroit , but did not begin until 1907 at a plant in Hyattsville , Maryland . The brand name was Carter , possibly with the addition of duplex for export . During this time the company name changed to Carter International Motor Car Company . Production initially ended in 1908.

In 1909 Carter's brother A. Gary Carter took over the company. He chose the Washington brand name . His brother Frank L. Carter was the treasurer. In early 1912, Gary declared bankruptcy , although Frank disagreed.

In June 1912, the name was changed to Washington Motor Car Company . Gary was president, Frank was general manager, and Howard was advertising manager.

A little later the company name changed to Independence Motor Company . Production ran until the end of 1912.

In 1913 the last renaming was reversed. No more vehicles were made that year. The company was finally dissolved in 1913.

There were no affiliations with the Michigan Automobile Company and the Richard Carter Automobile Company , which used the same Carter brand name .

vehicles

Brand name Carter

What was unusual was that the vehicles had two engines, each with its own water cooler , ignition and exhaust . They were four-cylinder engines . They could be operated individually or together. The prototype had a cardan drive , it is not known for the production models.

There were three versions on offer. The chassis always had a wheelbase of 328 cm . The Model 3 A was bodied as a semi- roadster . The engines together made 40 hp . The Model B was more motorized with 60 hp. The open touring car had seven seats. The Model 3 C had 75 hp. The limousine offered space for seven people.

Brand name Washington

These vehicles only had one engine. This was also a four-cylinder engine. The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a cardan shaft .

In 1909 there was the Model A-1 . The engine developed 30 hp. The wheelbase was 284 cm. A three-seat roadster and a five-seat touring car were on offer.

In 1910 it became the Model A-2 . The engine output was increased to 35 hp. The wheelbase remained unchanged. A four-seater Tourabout and a four-seater baby tonneau were added to the two well-known body superstructures . The Model B-1 had a more powerful engine with 45 hp. The wheelbase and the superstructures were identical.

In 1911 there was the Model D-40 , the 40 being an indication of the engine power. The wheelbase had been extended to 300 cm. Five-seat touring car, torpedo roadster, four-seat baby tonneau and a five-seat limousine have survived.

In 1912 it became the E-40 model . Only the superstructures had changed. Now there were two and four-seater roadsters as well as five- and seven-seater touring cars.

Model overview

year	brand	model	cylinder	Power ( hp )	Wheelbase (cm)	construction
1907-1908	Carter	Model 3 A	8th	40	328	Semi-roadster
1907-1908	Carter	Model 3 B	8th	60	328	7-seater touring car
1907-1908	Carter	Model 3 C	8th	75	328	7-seater sedan
1909	Washington	Model A-1	4th	30th	284	Roadster 3-seater, touring car 5-seater
1910	Washington	Model A-2	4th	35	284	Roadster 3-seater, Tourabout 4-seater, Baby Tonneau 4-seater, touring car 5-seater
1910	Washington	Model B-1	4th	45	284	Touring car 5-seater, Tourabout 4-seater, Baby Tonneau 4-seater, Roadster 3-seater
1911	Washington	Model D-40	4th	40	300	5-seater touring car, torpedo roadster, 4-seater Baby Tonneau, 5-seater sedan
1912	Washington	Model E-40	4th	40	300	Roadster 2- and 4-seater, touring car 5- and 7-seater

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. 258 and p. 1517 (English).
George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 250. (English)
George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1724. (English)

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 258 and p. 1517 (English).
↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 250 and p. 1724. (English)

[Kimes-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. 258 and p. 1517 (English).

[Beaulieu-2] George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 250 and p. 1724. (English)