Engineering:Stanwood (automobile)
The Stanwood was an American automobile manufactured by the Stanwood Motor Company from 1920 until 1922 in St Louis, Missouri.[1]
History
Fred H. Berger was the chief engineer of the Stanwood Motor Car Company.[1] The Stanwood Six was an "assembled car" with Continental 7R six-cylinder engine. Parts advertised as fitted included Stromberg Carburetor, Westinghouse starting and lighting, Grant-Lees transmission, Borg & Beck clutch, Standard Parts rear axle, Bock roller bearings, Stewart-Warner vacuum feed fuel system, Gemmer steering gear, Atwater-Kent ignition, Perfection springs and Alemite chassis lubrication system.[2][3]
Offered in the first year only as a Touring car, on a 118-inch wheelbase at $2,050 (equivalent to $26,163 in 2019), a roadster and closed sedan were added for 1922. Production was approximately 200 to 300 cars before closing in 1922.[4][1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9. https://archive.org/details/standardcatalogo0000kime.
- ↑ (in en) Chilton's Motor Age. Chilton Company. 1920. https://books.google.com/books?id=RAc0AQAAMAAJ&q=stanwood.
- ↑ (in en) Automobile Trade Journal and Motor Age. Chilton Company (Incorporated). 1920. https://books.google.com/books?id=Lwk0AQAAMAAJ&q=stanwood.
- ↑ Georgano, Nick (2001). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile (3 vol. ed.). Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 1-57958-293-1. https://archive.org/details/the-beaulieu-encyclopedia-of-the-automobile/The%20Beaulieu%20Encyclopedia%20of%20the%20Automobile%2C%20Volume%201%20A-F/mode/2u.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanwood (automobile).
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