Early auto motor manufacturers

Recently found an auto parts catalog in my stash of odd ball stuff from Gaul, Derr & Shearer Co in Phila dated June 1922. In it lists popular auto motors of the day that were used by many auto companies of the time, some of which I have never heard of before.

The list includes Beaver, Buda, Climax, Continental, Falls, Golden Belknap Schwartz, Grey, Hinkley, Herschel - Spillman, Le Roi, Lycoming, Northway, Rochester Duesenburg, R & V MA, Rutenburg, Sterling, Teetor Harley (or Hartley), Waukesha and Weidely. Wow what a group! This is in addition to Dodge, Olds, Chevy and all the more popular of the time.

The G B Schwartz was used in a 1918 Bell 4 cyl and the Teetor Hartley was used in the McFarlan six from 1917-20 and the Le Roi was used in the Birch 30 in 1920-21. An extensive list of autos, trucks and tractors using the above group of motors is shown in the catalog.

If you are curious about what motor was used in your 1921 Texan or 1917 Ghent 6-40, shoot me a PM and I'll look it up for you!

Terry B

Is 1923 Cardway in your list ? Thanks, Wayne

I think you mean Rutenber and Teetor Hartley. In the early days a lot of cars used engines, transmissions, chassis frames and other parts from specialist suppliers. Ned Jordan of Jordan Playboy fame said he was barely in the car business - his assembly line was only 50 feet long - the Jordan company was an experiment in modern advertizing and custom style sales. All parts including the body were made by others. This is the definition of an "assembled" car, of which there were dozens.

Hi,,,1913 Pilot car made in Richmond Indiana,has a Teetor engine 4"x6",60hp,no Hartley

Another early engine,,,Brownell OHV 4 cyl,,[no Trebert]looks like 1907 appox,

Cheers,,Ben

Is 1923 Cardway in your list ? Thanks, Wayne

Wayne, not in this book but I have some from the mid-1920's I will check.

Rusty, in the Victor gaskets section of this book there is a Rutenber rathther than Rutenberg listed so the berg ending must be a typo. The Rutenber is shown as used in Paige, American, Auburn (1917), Bush, Crow Elkhart,Columbia, Geronimo, Glide, Jeffery, Madison, Marion-Handley, Metz, Moore, Nash, Pan-American and Sawyer passenger cars.

Like you said there were dozens of assembled brands. For trucks it's even more crazy than passenger cars.

Parts dealers of the time must have been kept busy trying to keep up with all the brand that came and disappeared. And to think they did it all without the benefit of a computer!

Terry

Years ago we did some work on a 1917 Pullman that used a Golden Belknap and Schwartz engine. Surprisingly, Olson's Gaskets actually had an NOS head gasket on the shelf. Always thought that was about the most unlikely name for an engine manufacturer.

Was it a Pullman made in York PA?

Terry

Yes, we restored and showed 2 Pullman Autos to AACA Grand National First status, a 1908 and a 1910. We also did considerable mechanical work on a 1909 as well as a 1917. We also restored the only surviving Bell automobile built in York, PA.