Wayne Works

Wayne Works
legal form	Inc.
founding	1892
resolution	1956
Reason for dissolution	reorganization
Seat	Richmond , Indiana , USA
Branch	vehicles

Wayne Works was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

The company was founded in Richmond , Indiana in 1892 . Initially, it manufactured equipment for farmers. An advertisement from the 1890s also shows a carriage . In 1901 Walter W. Schultz was President and Jack St. John was its chief engineer. In that year the production of individual automobiles began and in 1904 series production. The brand name was Richmond , during the first few years also unofficially Wayne . Passenger car production ended in 1917 . Moreover arose school buses that Wayne were called. Production ran until 1956.

Then there was a reorganization. Successor company was Divco-Wayne Corporation .

There was no connection to the Richmond Automobile Company , which was based in the same city between 1902 and 1903 and also sold automobiles as Richmond .

Car

The only vehicle from 1901 had a two-cylinder engine with air cooling and a touring car body . The buyer was Harry Landis. Air cooling was retained for all vehicles until 1909. Water cooling was not introduced until 1910 .

Similar vehicles followed in 1902 and 1903.

From 1904 to 1906 there was the 20 HP . Like all models that followed, it had a four-cylinder engine up to 1913 . It made 20 hp . The chassis had a 229 cm wheelbase . The vehicles were bodied as a tonneau with side access.

In 1907 it became the Model E as a runabout and the Model F as a touring car.

In 1908 the offer was expanded. Model H was the middle model with 26 hp, 231 cm wheelbase and a four-seater touring car body. The Model I, with a 30 hp engine, 274 cm wheelbase and body as a touring car with five seats , ranked above this . The Model J had an engine with 22 hp, 224 cm wheelbase and was bodied as a two-seater runabout.

In 1909 there was the Model J-1 with a 224 cm wheelbase and the Model J-2 with a 244 cm wheelbase. Both were runabouts, the former with two seats and the latter with three seats. The engine was specified with 22.5 HP in both cases. Model J-3 was a little more motorized with 25.6 hp, had a slightly longer wheelbase at 259 cm and was a light touring car with four seats.

In 1910 only the J-1 model had the weaker 22.5 hp engine. Its wheelbase was 254 cm. The two-seater structure was now called the roadster . The model K-1 had the same data except for the 25 hp engine. Model J-3 and Model K-3 also had the more powerful engine, but 269 cm wheelbase and a five-seater touring car body.

In 1911 there were three different models. Model L-1 with 35 hp and 254 cm wheelbase was a two-seater roadster. Model L-2 had the same engine but 269 cm wheelbase and a four-seater Surrey body . In the L-3 model , the engine produced 40 hp. The wheelbase of 284 cm enabled it to be built as a five-seater touring car.

In 1912 the Model M was the larger vehicle. It had a 40 hp engine and 284 cm wheelbase. Model N was among them . Its engine developed 30 hp. The wheelbase measured 269 cm. The range of bodies was identical. Both were available as roadsters with two seats and touring cars with five seats.

In 1913 the car was smaller Model O called. The wheelbase was lengthened to 284 cm. The superstructures did not change. The P model had a wheelbase of 295 cm. The roadster was omitted.

In 1914, the Model R was the entry-level model. The wheelbase had now been extended to 290 cm. The Model S was the successor to the Model P . Its wheelbase was now 297 cm. The model T with a six-cylinder engine was also on offer. It made 45 hp. The wheelbase of 312 cm enabled it to be built as a five-seat touring car.

In 1915 the names changed. They now included the number of cylinders and the power. The model 4-35 therefore had four cylinders and 35 hp. The wheelbase measured 279 cm. The 6-48 model had a 305 cm wheelbase. Both were available as two-seat roadsters and five-seat touring cars.

In 1916 there was the unchanged Model 4-35 and the Model H-6-50 . Its engine was now specified with 50 hp.

In 1917 the six-cylinder model and the roadster were discontinued.

Car model overview

year	model	cylinder	Power ( hp )	Wheelbase (cm)	construction
1904-1906	20 HP	4th	20th	229	Side entrance tonneau
1907	Model E.	4th	20th	229	Runabout
1907	Model F	4th	20th	229	Touring car
1908	Model H	4th	26th	231	4-seater touring car
1908	Model I.	4th	30th	274	5-seater touring car
1908	Model J	4th	22nd	224	Runabout 2-seater
1909	Model J-1	4th	22.5	224	Runabout 2-seater
1909	Model J-2	4th	22.5	244	3-seater runabout
1909	Model J-3	4th	25.6	259	Light touring car, 4-seater
1910	Model J-1	4th	22.5	254	Roadster 2-seater
1910	Model J-3	4th	25th	269	5-seater touring car
1910	Model K-1	4th	25th	254	Roadster 2-seater
1910	Model K-3	4th	25th	269	5-seater touring car
1911	Model L-1	4th	35	254	Roadster 2-seater
1911	Model L-2	4th	35	269	Surrey 4 seater
1911	Model L-3	4th	40	284	5-seater touring car
1912	Model M	4th	40	284	Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater
1912	To model	4th	30th	269	Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater
1913	Model O	4th	30th	284	Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater
1913	Model P	4th	40	295	5-seater touring car
1914	Model R	4th	30th	290	5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1914	Model S	4th	40	297	5-seater touring car
1914	Model T	6th	45	312	5-seater touring car
1915	Model 4-35	4th	35	279	Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater
1915	Model 6-48	6th	48	305	Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater
1916	Model 4-35	4th	35	279	5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1916	Model H-6-50	6th	50	305	5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1917	Model 4-35	4th	35	279	5-seater touring car

Production numbers

year	Production number
1901	1
1902	2
1903	5
1904	15th
1905	25th
1906	50
1907	50
1908	75
1909	100
1910	100
1911	100
1912	150
1913	150
1914	200
1915	200
1916	100
1917	25th
total	1348

Source:

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. 1290-1291 (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. 1331 (English).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Mark Theobald: Coachbuilt, Part 1 and Coachbuilt, Part 2 (English, accessed on January 19, 2019)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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. 1290-1291 (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. 1331 (English).

[Coachbuilt-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Mark Theobald: Coachbuilt, Part 1 and Coachbuilt, Part 2 (English, accessed on January 19, 2019)

[Kimes-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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. 1290-1291 (English).

[Beaulieu-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. 1331 (English).