The Vim Motor Truck Company of Philadelphia, was a truck and car manufacturer.
History
The company was founded in 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The investor was Touraine. In the same year, they started making passenger cars. In 1913, they added commercial vehicles, which were marketed as Vim. The brand name for the passenger cars was Touraine. The predecessor company was the Nance Motor Car Company. Harold B. Larzelere ran both companies. In 1914, there was a small car that apparently remained just a prototype. In 1915, the company was renamed Vim Motor Truck Company. George Nicholas Georgano The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P–Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1, p. 1599 Passenger car production stopped in 1916, but trucks continued to be made until 1924. In 1916, a lot of money was invested in expanding the factory with the goal of producing around 30,000 trucks per year. The engines were either in-house developments or came from the company Hercules. In the summer of 1921, the Standard Steel Car Company from Pittsburgh took over Vim. According to the Branham automobile reference book from 1927, vehicles could also have been produced in 1925.
Production models The pre-assigned serial numbers only indicate the maximum possible production quantity.
Year Production figures Model Load capacity Serial number 1913 to 1914 to 1915 13,80316 0,5 to 1156 to 14958 1916 13,318 18 0,5 to 14959 to 28276 1917 15,238 200,5 to 28277 to 43514 ↑ 21 0,5 to 28277 to 43514 1918 7,14021 C 0,5 to 43515 to 50655 ↑ 21 F 0,5 to 43515 to 50655 ↑ 21 H 0,5 to 43515 to 50655 ↑21 B 0,5 to 43515 to 50655 ↑ 21 D 0,5 to 43515 to 50655 ↑21 A 0,5 to 43515 to 50655 ↑ 21 S 0,5 to 43515 to 50655 ↑ 21 M 0,5 to 43515 to 50655 ↑ 21 G 0,5 to 43515 to 50655 ↑ 21 J 0,5 to 43515 to 50655 ↑ 21 X 0,5 to 43515 to 50655 11 26 Special 0,75 to47002 to 47013 ↑ 26 F Special 0,75 to 47002 to 47013 ↑ 26 B Special 0,75 to 47002 to 47013 80 25 1 to 101 to 180 ↑ 25-F 1 to 101 to 180 ↑ 25-D 1 to 101 to 180 ↑ 25-S 1 to 101 to 180 141 22 2 to 180 to 320 23 3 to 1919 5,15721 C 0,5 to 50656 to 55813 ↑ 21 F 0,5 to 50656 to 55813 ↑ 21 H 0,5 to 50656 to 55813 ↑21 B 0,5 to 50656 to 55813 ↑21 D 0,5 to 50656 to 55813 ↑ 21 A 0,5 to 50656 to 55813 ↑ 21 S 0,5 to 50656 to 55813M= US Mail Wagon ↑ 21 M 0,5 to 50656 to 55813 ↑ 21 G 0,5 to 50656 to 55813 ↑21 J 0,5 to 50656 to 55813 ↑ 21 X 0,5 to 50656 to 55813 Special 0,75 to F Special 0,75 to B Special 0,75 to 25 1 to 25-F 1 to 25-D 1 to 25-S 1 to 22 2 to 23 3 to 1920 29-C 0,5 to 55814 to and 47431 to F 0,5 to H 0,5 to B 0,5 to D 0,5 to A 0,5 to S 0,5 to G 0,5 to M 0,5 to J 0,5 to 30-SC Special 0,75 to SF Special 0,75 to SB Special 0,75 to SD Special 0,75 to 25 1 to981 to 25-F 1 to 25-H 1 to 25-B 1 to Special Coal 2 to Special Dump 2 to 22 2 to379 to 23 3 to307 to 1921 29-C 0,5 to F 0,5 to H 0,5 to B 0,5 to D 0,5 to G 0,5 to M 0,5 to 30 0,5 to SF Special 0,5 to SB Special 0,5 to 25 1 to 25-F 1 to 25-B 1 to 22 2 to 23 3 to 1922 29-C 0,5 to F 0,5 to H 0,5 to B 0,5 to D 0,5 to G 0,5 to M 0,5 to 30 0,5 to 31 1 to150001 to 200000 SF Special 0,5 to SB Special 0,5 to 25 1 to 150001 to 200000 25-F 1 to 25-B 1 to 22 2 to 23 3 to 50-C0,75 to 79999 to 50-F 0,75 to 50-D 0,75 to 1923 C-500,75 to F-500,75 to79999 to D-50 0,75 to 1924 C-500,75 to F-500,75 to D-50 0,75 to 1925 C-500,75 to F-500,75 to D-50 0,75 to
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