Union Automobile Company
The Union Automobile Company was an American automobile manufacturer who built cars from 1902 to 1905 in Union City (Indiana). 1905 moved the company to to Anderson (Indiana).
History
John W. Lambert's first sales success in the automotive industry was the Union. The car was with the approval of the Chamber of Commerce of Union City to the city in which it was produced, named. Most of the components have been manufactured by Buckeye Manufacturing Company in Anderson, which are also part Lambert.
The first Union in 1902 delivered. The first Lambert automobile with Reibscheibenantrieb and without gear could be seen as a prototype in 1901 on the road. To drive used was a two-cylinder boxer engine with 2471 cc capacity, which was built near the front and connected with two side chains to the drive wheels at the rear. It was made as a single-seat car that weighed 634 kg and its motor 4 hp ( 2.9 kW) made . Another model weighed 815 kg and its engine produced 7 bhp (5.1 kW). Also this engine came in Buckeye. They ran up to 1500 min -1; at idle, but they shot only 150 min -1. They were equipped with magneto. The first model was soon followed by a second - also with Reibscheibenantrieb - whose engine was built but the very back.
The Union Automobile Company built in the years 1904 and 1905 is also a 5 - seater tonneau model. 1904 had the car 10 bhp (7.4 kW), in 1905 there were already 12 bhp ( 8.8 kW ) or 16 hp ( 11.8 kW). In 1905 the production was already largely in the factory in Anderson, where developed from the beginning to the motors. In the same year the Union was renamed Lambert.
The Union Automobile Company built mid-size gasoline automobiles for business and residential customers. The investments of the Company were largely the Buckeye Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of wagons, and the Lambert Gas and Gasoline Engine Company in Anderson, both of which belonged to the Lambert family. In total, over 300 Union -Automobile emerged.