Acme (automobile)
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The Acme was a model of chain-driven touring car
made by the Reber Manufacturing Co in Reading, Pennsylvania
, from 1903 to 1911.
models and in 1909 by a six-cylinder. The 1909 9653 cc Vanderbilt Six featured overdrive fourth gear.
In 1906, the company was advertising a 5-passenger tonneau in a national trade magazine. Model XIV was a 4-cylinder with a 30 to 35-horsepower motor and was priced at US$2,750 with maximum speed of 50 miles per hour (22.4 m/s). Model XV, at US$3,500, was a 7-passenger Touring Car. It had a 4-cylinder motor with 45 to 50-horsepower. Maximum speed was 60 miles per hour (26.8 m/s). All Acme automobiles came with a year's "absolute binding guarantee."
The firm went into receivership in 1906, and its last cars were made in 1911. The factory was sold to SGV (Herbert M.Sternbergh, Robert E.Graham, and Fred Van Tine), which continued making some of the range until 1915. Then the line was sold to Phianna, which moved production to Newark, New Jersey
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Touring car
A touring car, or tourer, is an open car seating five or more. Touring cars may have two or four doors. Often, the belt line is lowered in the front doors to give the car a more sportive character. They were often fitted with a folding roof and side curtains. Engines on early models were either in...
made by the Reber Manufacturing Co in Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading is a city in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA, and seat of Berks County. Reading is the principal city of the Greater Reading Area and had a population of 88,082 as of the 2010 census, making it the fifth most populated city in the state after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and Erie,...
, from 1903 to 1911.
History
The company was founded in 1892 by James C. Reber to produce bicycles. The Acme was preceded by the Reber, which was manufactured in 1902–03 and was powered by a vertical-twin engine. The first Acme automobiles also had twin-cylinder engines but were soon followed by four-cylinderInternal combustion engine
The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high-temperature and high -pressure gases produced by combustion apply direct force to some component of the engine...
models and in 1909 by a six-cylinder. The 1909 9653 cc Vanderbilt Six featured overdrive fourth gear.
In 1906, the company was advertising a 5-passenger tonneau in a national trade magazine. Model XIV was a 4-cylinder with a 30 to 35-horsepower motor and was priced at US$2,750 with maximum speed of 50 miles per hour (22.4 m/s). Model XV, at US$3,500, was a 7-passenger Touring Car. It had a 4-cylinder motor with 45 to 50-horsepower. Maximum speed was 60 miles per hour (26.8 m/s). All Acme automobiles came with a year's "absolute binding guarantee."
The firm went into receivership in 1906, and its last cars were made in 1911. The factory was sold to SGV (Herbert M.Sternbergh, Robert E.Graham, and Fred Van Tine), which continued making some of the range until 1915. Then the line was sold to Phianna, which moved production to Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
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Further reading
- G. Marshall Naul, "Acme", in G.N. Georgano, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885-1968 (New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1974), pp. 27.
- David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles.