Stoddard-Dayton

The Stoddard - Dayton was a car that was built by the Dayton Motor Car Company in Dayton (Ohio ) from 1905 to 1913. John W. Stoddard and his son Charles G. Stoddard were the founders of the company.

In 1904, John decided Stoddard, the industry of agricultural implements, in which he had made ​​his fortune, to leave and instead to build cars of high quality for the in the United States just developing market. He sent his son Charles to Europe so that he visited local carmakers. Charles came back with the conviction that steam and electric power for automobiles were already obsolete. The first cars had engines of Rutenber ( " Let your steed be worthy of your chariot " dt: Make your steed of your car worthy ), four-cylinder engine with 4605 cc capacity. The first six-cylinder engines appeared in 1907. The final model consisted of three four-cylinder models and a six-cylinder model with Knight engine.

The company built cars always of the highest quality with powerful engines. Henry J. Edwards ( born 1872 in England) was a designer and chief engineer of the company. The simpler models were painted in 15-18 layers, each layer was ground by hand. The Pullman limousines had 27-28 layers that were created in the same way. After completion, each car's engine was 240-640 km retracted on public roads, then disassembled, honed cylinders, new ground in the valves, everything reassembled and tested again on the road.

The first cars were delivered in late 1905 as a 1906er models. An advertising brochure of 1906 proclaimed: "The new Stoddard - Dayton Model D Touring has SPEED and SYMMETRY in each axis ... You can throw away their difficulties they spread far and miles behind the seat of a real car.? Are you getting your daily ozone .... The Stoddard - Dayton for U.S. $ 2250, - represents a real economic value between two extremes represent: (1) a four- cylinder car of high notional value ( en.: value ) and (2) a four-cylinder engine with a low, indeed impossible assessment ( en.: valuation ) - the most expensive type of economy. It is the RIGHT car for you and we have the right to GUARANTEE that gives you fulfillment and protection. In stock. "

The Stoddard earned a reputation as a champion in car racing, sprint racing, hill climbs and rallies throughout the Midwestern United States. Since these cars were all from current production, Dayton Motor Car shared this victory immediately with the auto public. 1909 won a Stoddard - Dayton the first race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with an average speed of 92.2 km / h The first safety car in the world was a Stoddard - Dayton with Carl Graham Fisher at the helm, the 1911 Indianapolis 500 was launched.

In 1906 there were three models:

• Equipped a runabout for 1250 U.S. $, with a change -controlled 15 bhp (11 kW ) engine
• A touring car for 2250 U.S. $
• A Pullman limousine for 3200 U.S. $, with a 35 bhp (26 kW ) engine ( and 28 coats of varnish ).

Founded in 1909 Stoddard - Dayton Courier Car Co. in Dayton for the production of a smaller, lighter and cheaper version of the Stoddard - Dayton. The new car was called Courier.

1911 Stoddard - Dayton offered twenty different models with four different engines: Pullman saloons, the Landaulet, coupes, touring car, torpedoes, roadsters, trucks, taxis and vans. Here are some examples:

• Savoy, 1350 U.S. $ 28 bhp ( 21 kW ) engine
• Stratford with 38 bhp (28 kW ) engine
• Saybrook with 48 bhp (35 kW ) engine
• Special with 58 bhp ( 43 kW ) engine
• Stoddard - Dayton -Knight Pullman limousine, 6250 U.S. $, with 70 bhp (51 kW) six-cylinder engine

1912 were manufactured in 26 models about 25,000 automobiles. In June 1912 Stoddard - Dayton was part of the United States Power Company, the brand Stoddard - Dayton with the simple statement: " No one drives on, no one runs faster " praised. The new company bought a large quantity of engines of the Atlas Engine Works in Indianapolis and made a commitment to purchase 30,000 chassis. This led to financial problems. In February 1912 Charles Stoddard resigned his post as Vice President of the United States Motor Company, and Henry Edwards, the chief engineer, also resigned and founded his own company under the name Edwards Motor Company to set up. Stoddard was Director of the United States Motor Company and Reserve left his money in the company. The end of 1912 the company had to declare bankruptcy and was built in 1913 but dissolved. This was also the Stoddard - Dayton below.

The remains of the Dayton Motor Car Company was taken over by the reorganized Maxwell Motor Company. There parts were manufactured for installation in New Castle (Indiana) and later in Detroit ( Michigan). 1913 Maxwell offered back to the Stoddard - Dayton models 30, 38 and 48 ( Savoy, Stratford and Saybrook ). This may, however, were also from the previous year leftover copies. The model 48 from 1913 had a starter and electric lighting had to be paid for the 200 U.S. $ More price. Later, Maxwell himself was part of Chrysler and the factory in Dayton became Chrysler AirTemp.

Stoddard - Dayton was slow to respond to the needs of the mass market and kept to a high-quality strategy, even after automobiles were not just status symbols of the rich people. The company built the best cars, while Ford and General Motors built the billigstmöglichen. Stoddard - Dayton expanded its model range to all price ranges, but never changed the basic production methods. The classic example of this was the 11 -part radiator cap for the Pullman limousine: two pins, seal, seal retainer screws and openers. He was firmly connected to the radiator, so it could not be lost or stolen and could be opened with only one rotation of the opener, even when the engine was hot. At the same time spit in Detroit from a Ford press Radiator caps churning, the then a thread was cut. Yes, sometimes the thread and the shutter canted could not be opened in hot radiator, but the Model T also cost only U.S. $ 399.