Zimmerman Manufacturing Company

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Zimmerman Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1886
resolution 1915
Seat Auburn , Indiana , USA
management John Zimmerman
Branch vehicles

Zimmerman from 1909
Zimmerman from 1910
Zimmerman from 1911

Zimmerman Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1886 in Auburn , Indiana . It made carriages . In 1907 the production of automobiles was announced and started in 1908. The brand name was Zimmerman . At the time, Elias Zimmerman was president, Franklin T. Zimmerman was vice president, and John Zimmerman was secretary and treasurer. From 1910 the Auburn Automobile Company manufactured vehicles for Zimmerman. Franklin Zimmerman died in 1910 and Elias Zimmerman died in 1914. John Zimmerman now ran the company. Production ended in 1915.

John Zimmerman then founded the Union Automobile Company and used the previous plant.

The De Soto Motor Car Company , which existed from 1912 to 1914 and manufactured De Soto brand vehicles from 1913 to 1914 , was part of the Zimmerman Manufacturing Company.

vehicles

Initially there were highwheelers in the range, unusual for this type of vehicle was the design with a front engine . A two-cylinder engine with air cooling drove the rear axle via a chain.

From 1908 to 1909, gave the Model G and the Model H . Both had an engine with 14 hp , a chassis with a 203 cm wheelbase and a runabout structure with two seats. The model I was a bit bigger. The engine was specified with 16/18 hp. The wheelbase was 241 cm. The Surrey body shape offered space for four people.

In 1910, Model H and Model I remained in the range. The engine was specified with 16 hp. The Model 35 was more modern and lower. It had a four-cylinder engine with 35 hp. The wheelbase measured 292 cm. The bodies of the vehicles were open touring cars with five seats.

In 1911 there were three models in the range. The Model E as a two-seat roadster corresponded to the previous model H . The Model L had the same data as the Model I , except for the 20 hp engine . The Model Z replaced the Model 35 . It was available as a tonneau , touring car with front doors, torpedo, and roadster.

In 1912 only the Model Z was changed a little. The engine output was increased to 40 hp and the wheelbase was slightly extended to 295 cm. Tonneau and torpedo were omitted.

The Model D was the smallest vehicle between 1913 and 1914 . It had the data of the Model E from the previous year. However, the original price had increased from $ 675 to $ 1,450 , which could mean it was a more modern redesign. The previous Model Z became the Model Z-40 . The only structure was a touring car with five seats. The model 6-46 was new . It had a six-cylinder engine with 44 hp. The wheelbase was 325 cm. Touring cars with five seats and roadsters with two seats were available.

In 1915 there was only the Z-6 model . The six-cylinder engine was specified with 38 hp. The wheelbase measured 335 cm. The touring car had space for five people.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1908-1909 Model G 2 14th 203 Runabout 2-seater
1908-1909 Model H 2 14th 203 Runabout 2-seater
1908-1909 Model I. 2 16/18 241 Surrey 4 seater
1910 Model H 2 16 203 Runabout 2-seater
1910 Model I. 2 16 241 Surrey 4 seater
1910 Model 35 4th 35 292 5-seater touring car
1911 Model E. 2 16 203 Roadster 2-seater
1911 Model L 2 20th 241 Surrey 4 seater
1911 Model Z 4th 35 292 Tonneau, Fore-Door Touring Car, Torpedo, Roadster
1912 Model E. 2 16 203 Roadster 2-seater
1912 Model L 2 20th 241 Surrey 4 seater
1912 Model Z 4th 40 295 Fore-door touring cars, roadsters
1913-1914 Model D 2 16 203 Roadster 2-seater
1913-1914 Model Z-40 4th 40 295 5-seater touring car
1913-1914 Model 6-46 6th 44 325 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1915 Model Z-6 6th 38 335 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. 1582 (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. 1787 (English).

Web links

Commons : Zimmerman Manufacturing Company  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 1582 (English).
  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. 1787 (English).
  3. ↑ American automobiles (accessed May 4, 2019)