Acme Motor Truck Company

The Acme Motor Truck Company of Cadillac, Michigan, was a truck manufacturer.

History

The company, founded in 1915 in Cadillac, Michigan, produced light and medium-sized trucks under the company name Cadillac Auto Truck Co. It was one of the manufacturers that assembled vehicles from components available on the market. These were accordingly referred to as "assembled vehicles" and were common in the commercial vehicle sector. There is no connection to the automobile manufacturer Cadillac, which derived its name directly from Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac. However, this very manufacturer successfully sued over the similarity of the names. As a result, the new company name was changed to Acme Motor Truck Co in January 1918. Obviously overlooked in this name change was that Acme was also a problematic name, which had been actively used in many industries, including by other motor vehicle manufacturers. The capital stock has increased to $ 1,000,000 in January 1918.

In the first eight months of the year 1929, Acme was able to sell 275 trucks. In the last year of production, 1931, new models were still introduced. The 3X as 1.5 tons, the 4X as 2 tons, the 6X as 3 tons, the 8X as 4 tons, and finally the 10X as 5 tons. ACME used engines from the company Continental.

There is no connection to Acme in Reading, Pennsylvania or to Acme Motor Car Company of New York (incorporated 1905) - J Fe Smet Maguire, R Lewis Julian, and George H Stout (Directors).

Production figures

The pre-assigned serial numbers only indicate the maximum possible production quantity.

Year Production figures Model Load capacity Serial number 1915 1916 ~ 158 A 2 to 1 to 8 and 59 to 200 and 251 to 258 1916 ~ 59 B 1 to 51 to 99 and 150 to 159 1917 ~ 335A 2 to 259 to 315 and 1216 to 1490 1917 ~ 142 B 1 to 159 to 190 and 5091 to 5200 1917 ~ 75 C 3,5 to 101 to 105 and 8006 to 8076 1917 ~ 6 D 4 to 9000 to 9005 1918 ~ 427A 2 to 1491 to 1917 1918 ~ 163B 1 to 5201 to 5363 1918 ~ 132 C 3,5 to 8077 to 8208 1918 ~ 53D 4 to 9006 to 9058 1919 ~ 449A 2 to 1918 to 2366 1919 ~ 174B 1 to 5364 to 5537 1919 ~ 178C 3,5 to 8209 to 8386 1919 ~ 147 E 5 to 9201 to 9347 1919 ~ 88F 1,5 to 7001 to 7088 1920 ~ 494A 2 to 2367 to 2860 1920 ~ 101B 1 to 5538 to 5638 1920 ~ 222 C 3,5 to 8387 to 8608 1920 ~ 32E 5 to 9348 to 9379 1920 ~ 262F 1,5 to7089 to 7350 1920 ~ 19 G 0,75 to6001 to 6019 1921 ~ 56A 2 to 2861 to 2916 1921 ~ 18B 1 to 5639 to 5656 1921 ~ 16 C 3,5 to 8609 to 8623 and 8627 1920 ~ 33E 5 to 9380 to 9412 1921 ~ 59F 1,5 to7350 to 7408 1921 ~ 106 G 0,75 to6020 to 6125 1921 ~ 35 AC 2,5 to4501 to 4535 1922 77 20 0,75 to 6126 to 6202 1922 5 30 1 to 5657 to 5661 1922 7140 1,5 to 7412 to 7482 1922 111 60 2,5 to 2917 to 3027 1922 106 60L 2,5 to4536 to 4641 1922 8690 3,5 to 8628 to 8714 minus 8627 1922 33 125 5 to9414 to 9446 1923 124 20 1 to 6202 to 6325 1923 2430 1,5 to 5662 to 5685 1923 4040 2 to 7483 to 7522 1923 3140L 2 to 4001 to 4031 1923 9060 3 to 3028 to 3117 1923 119 60L 3 to4642 to 4760 1923 4890 4,5 to 8714 to 8761 1923 2290L 4,5 to 3702 to 3723 1923 15125 6,25 to9447 to 9461 1923 11K bus9701 to 9711 1924 20 1 to 6226 to 1924 20L 1 to 6501 to 1924 30 1,5 to 5686 to 1924 40 2 to 7523 to 1924 40L 2 to 4044 to 1924 60 3 to 3128 to 1924 60L 3 to4784 to 1924 90 4,5 to 8762 to 1924 90L 4,5 to 3738 to 1924 125 6,25 to9464 to 1924 K bus9716 to 1925 21 „Flyer“ 1 to10001 to .. and 10058 to .. 1928 14 1 to 16 1 to 24 1,25 to 44 2 to 46 2 to 54 2,5 to 56 2,5 to 74 3,5 to 76 3,5 to 90 4,5 to 104 6,5 to 106 6,5 to 1931 45 D 3,5 to 3X 1,5 to 4X 2 to 6X 3 to 8X 4 to 10X 5 to Sum

References

External links George Nicholas Georgano: The Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles. Motorbooks International, Osceola 1979, ISBN 0-87341-024-6 Albert Mroz: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Trucks and Commercial Vehicles. Krause Publications, Iola 1996, ISBN 0-87341-368-7