Wolverine Auto & Commercial Vehicle Company

Reid Manufacturing Company ; Wolverine Automobile Company ; Wolverine Auto & Commercial Vehicle Company
legal form	Company
founding	1903 or earlier
resolution	1906
Seat	Dundee , Michigan , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Wolverine Auto & Commercial Vehicle Company , previously Reid Manufacturing Company and Wolverine Automobile Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Reid Manufacturing Company was in Detroit in Michigan founded. The aim was to manufacture bookshelves , showcases , refrigerators , shop fittings and automobiles. It is unclear whether the first four products mentioned were actually manufactured. Walter L. Marr designed a prototype at the end of 1903 . In early 1904 he was fired and moved to Buick . Gilbert R. Albaugh, who had experience with Oldsmobile , Thomas B. Jeffery Company , Peerless Motor Car Corporation and Star Automobile Company , was hired as the new chief engineer. In 1904 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Wolverine .

In 1905 the name was changed to Wolverine Automobile Company and the company moved to Dundee , also in Michigan. Shortly after, the name was Wolverine Auto & Commercial Vehicle Company .

Vehicle production ended in 1906.

Wolverine Motors and Wolverine later used the same brand name.

vehicles

All vehicles had a front engine and cardan drive to the rear axle.

From 1904 to 1905 there were two models in the range. The Model C had a four-cylinder engine with 15 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 208 cm . The Model D , on the other hand, had a two-cylinder engine , which was specified with 26/20 hp, and 224 cm wheelbase. Another source states 18/20 hp. Both were built as open touring cars with five seats.

New models appeared in 1906. The Model E had a 40-horsepower four-cylinder engine and 224 cm wheelbase. The structure was a touring car. The Model F was powered by a two-cylinder engine with 18 hp. The wheelbase and structure were identical. The Model G was smaller. Its two-cylinder engine developed 10 hp. The wheelbase was 183 cm. A runabout was the only available body shape.

Model overview

year	model	cylinder	Power ( hp )	Wheelbase (cm)	construction
1904-1905	Model C	4th	15th	208	5-seater touring car
1904-1905	Model D	2	26/20	224	5-seater touring car
1906	Model E.	4th	40	224	Touring car
1906	Model F	2	18th	224	Touring car
1906	Model G	2	10	183	Runabout

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. 1563-1564 (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. 1763 (English).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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. 1563-1564 (English).
↑ ^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. 1763 (English).

[Kimes-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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. 1563-1564 (English).

[Beaulieu-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. 1763 (English).