Wisconsin Automobile Corporation

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US Tractor & Machinery Company
Wisconsin Automobile Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1918
resolution 1923
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Menasha , Wisconsin , USA
management Christ Walter
Branch Motor vehicles

Wisconsin Automobile Corporation , previously the US Tractor & Machinery Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1918 in Chicago , Illinois . At first it made tractors . In 1919 the company moved to Menasha , Wisconsin . In 1922 the production of automobiles was announced. To this end, construction plans were acquired from Winther Motors . In 1923 the name was changed to Wisconsin Automobile Corporation . Christ Walter became President while GD Harris remained Vice President. AB Jensen acted as treasurer, JG Sailer as secretary and AF Reinecker as assistant. The bankruptcy petition followed a little later . About nine or six to ten passenger cars were built during the bankruptcy . The brand name was Harris Six , named after the Vice President. The bankruptcy followed.

vehicles

Tractors

The tractors were called Uncle Sam . The first execution was the 12-20 . This was followed by the 20-30 . It had a four-cylinder engine from the Beaver Manufacturing Company .

Car

Only one model was on offer. The engine came from Herschell-Spillman . It was a six-cylinder engine of the type Model 40 with L-head . The chassis had a 305 cm wheelbase . The bodies were open touring cars .

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. 679 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 673 (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. 679 (English).
  2. ↑ a b George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 673 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Christ Walter is new head of Harris car firm (accessed April 7, 2018)