Chalmers
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Thomas-Detroit/Chalmers-Detroit/Chalmers
E.R. Thomas-Detroit Co., Detroit, MI(1906-1908)
Chalmers-Detroit Motor Car Co, Detroit, MI (1908-1910)
Chalmers Motor Car Co, Detroit, MI (1910-1924)
Similar to the Thomas, the Thomas-Detroit used a 6.1 liter 4 cylinder engine with 2 spark plugs per cylinder, a 3 speed transmission and shaft drive. After the takeover by Hugh Chalmers, the make became one of the most popular US automobiles. Sales dropped after World War I and the Chalmers plants in Detroit and Windsor were also used to build Maxwell cars. The business down turn in 1920 saw sales of Maxwell drop, forcing Maxwell and Chalmers into receivership. When Walter Chrysler came to the rescue, the end was in site for Chalmers.
- 1906 E.R. Thomas's Detroit subsidiary is founded
- 1907 Hugh Chalmers of National Cash Register (NCR) buys into Thomas-Detroit
- 1908 Thomas-Detroit becomes Chalmers
- 1916 Chalmers leases plants to Maxwell and they become entangled
- 1922 Chalmers taken over by Maxwell
- 1924 Last year of Chalmers production
- 1924 Chalmers shut down
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References
- Georgano, G. N. (1969). The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885 to the Present , NY: Dutton, p 120, 558.
