Washington Motor Company

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Washington Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1920
resolution 1924
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Middletown , Ohio , USA
management Albert H. Christman
Branch Automobiles

Washington Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Eaton , Ohio , in April 1920 . Otto M. Shipley is considered to be the source of ideas. Albert H. Christman became President, Edward C. Wysong Vice President and Benjamin Hagedorn became a Director. In December 1920, two prototypes were ready. The vehicles were presented to the public in February 1921. The first vehicles were not delivered until the end of 1921. The brand name was Washington . Financial problems quickly arose. Weekly production of four to five vehicles was necessary for profitable work. In February 1923, the purchase of a piece of land for a new plant in Middletown , Ohio was announced. No more series vehicles were manufactured in Eaton that year. In February 1924 the new plant was moved into. From June 1924 automobiles were made again. At the end of 1924 it went bankrupt .

There are different details about the number of pieces. One source mentions 28 to 38 vehicles produced and at least 38 vehicles sold by February 1923, followed by at least four vehicles in 1924. Another source gives 35 to 65 vehicles.

There was no association with the Washington Auto-Vehicle Company , which used the same brand name a few years earlier.

vehicles

The prototypes had a six-cylinder engine from Falls Motor Corporation . The engine of the type X 9000 had OHV valve control and 3198 cm³ displacement . Two sources believe that the excessive oil consumption led to the decision not to use this engine in production vehicles.

Model B appeared in 1921 . It had a six-cylinder engine from the Continental Motors Company . The type 7 R engine had side valves and 3670 cc displacement . The engine output was specified with 55 hp . The chassis had a 295 cm wheelbase . The only body shape offered was an open touring car with five seats. The original price was 1785 US dollars .

The Model C existed between 1922 and 1924 . Now it had the Continental 8 R engine with 3957 cm³ displacement and 58 hp. The wheelbase was extended to 302 cm. There was a choice of an ordinary touring car with five seats, a sport , a limousine and a California top touring car.

From 1923 to 1924 there was also a steam car in the range. The steam car had a steam engine with four cylinders . It was specified with 70 hp. The wheelbase was 297 cm. The only structure was a touring car with five seats. The price of 1785 dollars corresponded to the gasoline model. A total of three steam cars were built.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1921 Model B 6th 55 295 5-seater touring car
1922-1924 Model C 6th 58 302 5-seater touring car, sport, 5-seater sedan, California top touring car
1923-1924 Steam car 4th 70 297 5-seater touring car

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. 1517-1518 (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. 1724 (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. 1517-1518 (English).
  2. ↑ a b 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. 1724 (English).