Union Automobile Company (1901) – Wikipedia

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Automobile prototype from 1901, from which the Union became. The car was constructed by John W. Lambert.

The Union Automobile Company Was an American automobile manufacturer that was founded in 1901. [first]

The company produced automobiles in Union City (Indiana) from 1902 to 1905. [2] In 1905 the company moved to Anderson (Indiana). [3]

John W. Lamberts The Union was the first sales success in the automotive industry. The car was named with the approval of the Union City Chamber of Commerce after the city in which it was manufactured. Most components were produced by the Buckeye Manufacturing Company in Anderson, which also belonged to Lambert [3] .

The first Union was delivered in 1902. The first lambert automobile with a rubble drive and without gearbox was seen as a prototype in 1901 on the street. A two-cylinder boxer engine with a displacement of 2471 cm³ was used to drive, which was installed far front and was connected with two side chains with the drive discs. For example, a single -seat automobile was manufactured, which 634 kg weighed and its engine 4 BHP (2.9 kW). Another model weighed 815 kg and its engine made 7 BHP (5.1 kW). These engines also emerged at Buckeye. They ran up to 1500 min −1 ; In the stand gas, however, they only turned 150 min −1 . They were equipped with ignition magnets. The first model soon followed a second – also with a friction disc drive -, but the engine was built in at the back. [4]

The Union Automobile Company also built a 5-seat tonneau model in 1904 and 1905. In 1904 the car had 10 BHP (7.4 kW), in 1905 there were already 12 BHP (8.8 kW) or 16 BHP (11.8 kW). In 1905, production was largely held in the Anderson plant, where the engines were created from the start. In the same year the Union was renamed Lambert. [5]

The Union Automobile Company built mid-range gasoline automobiles for business and private customers. The company’s facilities belonged to the Buckeye Manufacturing Company, manufacturer of wagons, and the Lambert Gas and Gasoline Engine Company in Anderson, both of which belonged to the Lambert family. A total of over 300 Union automobiles were created. [6]

Other US manufacturers of the brand’s passenger cars Union waren Union Electric Company, Union Automobile Manufacturing Company, Union Carriage Company, Union Sales Company und Union Automobile Company (von 1915).

Model Construction period cylinder Performance wheelbase Build -up
A 1902–1903 2 Boxer 8 BHP (5.9 kW) 1829 mm Runabout 2/4 seats
B 1904 2 Boxer 12 BHP (8.8 kW) 1829 mm Runabout 2/4 seats
C 1904 2 Boxer 10 BHP (7.4 kW) 1981 mm Tonneau 5 seats
D 1905 2 Boxer 12 BHP (8.8 kW) 2057 mm Tonneau 5 seats
AND 1905 2 Boxer 16 BHP (11.8 kW) 2388 mm Runabout 2/4 seats, Tonneau 5 seats

[3]

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  • Forkner, John L.: History of Madison County, Indiana , The Lewis Publishing Company, New York und Chicago (1914)
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  • Dinslinger, Esther et al.: Anderson: A Pictorial History , G. Bradley Publishing (1990), ISBN 0943963168
  • Huffman, Wallace Spencer: Indiana’s Place in Automobile History in Indiana History Bulletin , Issue 44, No. 2, Feb. 1967; Indiana Historical Bureau, Indianapolis
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  1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr.: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805–1942 . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 1996, ISBN 0-87341-428-4 (English).
  2. ↑ Union City History ( Memento from October 6, 2011 in Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b c Beverly Rae Kimes: Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805–1942 , Krause Publications, Iola WI (1996), ISBN 0-8734142-8-4
  4. ↑ The Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine , The Horseless Age Company (1902)
  5. ↑ George Nick Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile , Taylor & Francis (2000), ISBN 1-5795829-3-1
  6. ↑ HUGH Dolnar: Automobile Trade Journal , Article: The Lambert, 1906 Line of Automobiles , Chilton Company, 10. Januar 1906