Pope-Robinson

The Pope- Robinson Company was an American automobile manufacturer to 1903-1904 in Hyde Park ( Massachusetts) was established. The company was founded by Colonel Albert A. Pope. Its roots can be traced back to the Bramwell -Robinson Company, a company that initially produced paper machines and 1899-1901 also some three-wheeled vehicles with single-cylinder engines. 1902 parted owner and each opened his own factory for automobiles. Bramwell founded until 1905 existing Springfield Automobile & Industrial Company in Springfield (Ohio ) and Robinson since 1900 vehicles set forth under its own name. The John T. Robinson and Company in 1902 bought the Robinson Motor Vehicle Company and the same year by Pope.

1904, the production was stopped and sold the company to Buick. This was a clever move of the new boss at Buick, William Durant, who was not interested in the Pope- Robinson but at the ALAM license. The A.L.A.M. ( Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers ) was a powerful association of automobile manufacturers that wanted to use a universal patent by George Baldwin Selden on the automobile to build a monopoly. Who wanted to build cars without their license could expect from the ALAM to be sued, often with ruinous consequences.

Model

The Pope- Robinson of 1903/1904 was a touring car. He was equipped with a tonneau - building for 5 or 6 people and cost U.S. $ 5000, -. The front vertical installed, water-cooled inline four- cylinder engine delivered 24 bhp ( 17.6 kW). Attached was a three-speed spur gear. The car had a frame made of rectangular steel tubes and weighed 1179 kg. The modern rear wheel drive vehicle had a cooler cells and competed with the best European brands.