Svedino Carmuseum
Text and pictures Björn Bellander
Pictures current 2009
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MG WA 1937
MG was a mark and well known for there midget cars. These were for it's time complicated and expensive to manufacture. The MG concern was sold within it's owner company Nuffield to Morris. Here they started to build cars from standard parts. It was not long time until two persons in the company, Lord and Kimber, had different opinions about this. They wanted a more luxury car. For this they had the model Wolseley 6. Lord hoped that it was only to put on a MG front and then sell it as a MG 2.5 liter "Wolseley". Different models came during the years as SA, VA and WA. Only a few were produced. The car in the picture has come from Stockholm and was bought by Svedino 1965 when it was in a bad shape.

Hanomag Rekord 1934-38
This firma established already 1835 and produced first heavy material as locomotives and steam engines. The first car came 1924 and got the well known name "Komissbrot". It looked like a bread that was baked for the soldiers. It was so done that it was eatable for a long time. See more under Ziegenhagen. Hanomag had for a long time produce diesel lorries and sold also a private car with this kind of engine. This car was popular i Germany and also sold in Sweden. Mercedes had also one diesel at this time but sold only about 100. Otherwise Citroen was the first car sold with diesel. Hanomag ceased as model name ca 1974 when Daimler Benz bought the company. An unsure time now started for Hanomag -  Henschel when the engine production was sold to Volvo and the production machine were sent to Sweden. Later Hanomag Henschel was sold again to Komatsu Heavy Indistries in Japan and is today working with heavy machines like dumpers and others.

Mercedes-Benz 130H 1934-38
In the beginning of 1930th the car producers started to search other ways to build a car. It was mainly because of the technical progress concerning rolling machines. Porsche was a designer who had build several different car models for producers like Steyr Tatra, NSU, Zündapp. He started at Volkswagen. There he started his own small design office. Another known name is Hans Ledvinka. Ferd. Porsche worked now and then at Mercedes Benz. For the car in picture with rear engine is Hans Nibel known. Edmund Rumpler had had made a curious car with rear engine called Tropfen-Auto. This was a name which was used by Mercedes for a racing car "Tropfen-Wagen".
The car in picture had different types of 4 cyl engines 1300 cc, 1500 ,cc och 1700 cc.
and also a 3 cylinder diesel. The diesel was a failure and only test cars were produced.  The rear end had swing axles and the gearbox was placed in front of the engine. This was a typical Porsche solution and it was used for all Volkswagen test cars. See Autostadt. VW-history.
Despite it had for the time a good roadability it had bad selling and the model was ceased. after 1936/37.

Future car 1951
In Borås Sweden there was a man, Sigvard Berggren, who happened to build his future car. At this time everything must have connection with airplane design. Remember Studebaker three nosed type. Sigvard's car had a frame of steel pipes and a 100 hp Ford V8 placed in the rear. With this car he drove around in Sweden and demonstrated it in different markets and race competitions. The car had enough length for a pentry and sleeping place in the middle. As time went on Berggren started with his real interest and succeeded to establish the animal Park in Borås.

Phänemobil 1912
This firm was established 1907 and produced as all at that time cycles and motorcycles. The firm was renamed 1910 from  Fahrradwerke to just Werke. Gustav Hiller was the owner. Their greatest hit was a 3 wheeler according to the picture. In the beginning the engine was an aircold V2 and 880cc. Later 1912 they used a 4 cyl 1536 cc water cold engine. This was was placed upon the front wheel, anyhow it became a lucky construction. The car became popular for local transportations and was used a long time and up to the 50th in south of Europe. After 1925 the car production ceased and they concentrated on a lorry named Granit of their own. After the war 1945 the factory was nationalized and a lorry under the name of Robur was produced. When this happened Gustaf Hiller was gone since many years.

Puch 1912
Johan Puch who during long time in the end of 1900 century had been manufacturing bicycles, decided to start a firm which was established 1899. now he produced cycles and wagons and from 1901 even engines. It was not long until he had a car ready, 1904. This was in Austria and his firm became a large and important workshop producing all kind of  motor vehicles on its schema. WWI now started and the military in the double monarchy did need lots of different vehicles. Even the Imperial family got their cars from Puch, if they didn't use horse wagons from Lohner. As all vehicle producers during the war Puch was expanding heavily. Sadly for Puch the Austrian Imperial was defeated. Puch was almost bankruptcy and the bank authorities sent en Italian engineer Giovanni Marcelino to bring the company on feet again. Johan Puch had at this time withdraw from leading positions. Giovanni had taken the idea with the double piston engine which already was known in Italy. This engine was updated to useful product and used in many different product from Puch. Now the Nazis took over and together with Anschluss the Puch factory had to specialize on military production. Working labor was taken from the concentration camp Mathausen, one of the worst during the war. After the war there became several fusions, first with Fiat. During the 50th Puch delivered mostly mopeds, motorocycles and scooters. Puch had still military production. Austria became free from Russia because of  a obstinate failure in the politics of Russia. They did not appear on a United Nation meeting where it was decided that the Austrian borders should open to west. Later  in the 70th a fusion with Mercedes Benz was done and also a cooperation contract with Volkswagen.

Hupmobile 1914
Robert C Hupp started his career at Olds and worked also for Henry Ford before he started his own firm 1909. He took of course many of his work mates from Ford and Olds to his own firm and already 1913 he had produced 13000 cars. Up to 1924 he only had side valve engines and he offered 8 or 6 cylinder cars. The production leader of Volvo cars, Ivan Öhrnberg came 1933 from Hupp Motor Co. He had already 1926 tested the new Volvo. Now time has come for depression years and much work were done  to bring a new model  which the buyers wanted to buy. The designer Raymond Loewy designed a new car with built in head lights and a windshield in three parts. This model could not turn the sale and the firm had to close for 18 months. Hupmobile had bought the tools for Cord 810/812. Compare the model Hupmobile Skylark 1941 with the original Cord. Graham Paige was aimed to produce this car but great delays destroyed the in the beginning the large interest and the factory had to close in October 1940. After the war Hupmobile/Graham/Paige became sub deliverers for the car industry in America.

Seneca 1920
This car model was manufactured in a small town Fostoria Ohio and was alike a T-Ford 1920 with 28 hp engine. The T-Ford had 20 hp. Seneca had a price that was double the Ford. Svedino found this car on a larger farm in Revsund Sweden where it was garaged. He bought the car and it was renovated in the Svedino way.
The car production was established by H.J. Jones and some other interested people who put in money in this production. In the beginning 4 models were produced for a fair low price of about $675. For this Seneca had bought the old lamp factory locals in Fostoria and 293 car were built this year.
Now the company made a slight change in its name to Seneca Motor Co. Just to get a better image. Seneca succeeded to survive up to when Ford started his mass production line. The last car came 1924. It is unsure what name the car had from the beginning.

Renault 1923

Mercedes 290-320
These models were on the market during the years 1936 and 1937. They were built with two different coachwork, 2 and 4 doors. These were named with different letters. See my text from Mercedes Benz museum. Type C was for convertible model. The cars were popular for the German officers. The more nicer Mercedes they could drive the higher rank. See the Mercedes that Göring had in his garage in my side about Sinsheim veterans. The cab was manual but isolated which was normal on German cars. Note the worn-out spare tire.

Adler Autobahn 1938
Adler Autobahn is a very interesting car. The model followed the airflow style and also a wish from Hitler that Germany needed fast cars for the autobahn. After the war the car was of no interest for general buyers. The car had a 6 cyl. 2500 cc engine and was front wheel drive. Such a car was for sale in Norway in Classic Motor 2003. Totally rusty and without engine. All people who had owned a front wheel drive Adler know that it had no water pump. The engine was mounted reverse with the gearbox in front and fan/generator were driven by a V-belt in front of the clutch. The V-belt was possible to be opened up. The car had in rear a quarter elliptic spring mounted in rear axle and fore just under the middle door pillar. In the front there were two plate springs cross the car. One over the gearbox and one under, these were also the uprights for front suspension. A very interesting construction and used on several marks in Germany. The rear construction made it possibly for the frame to be made shorter.

DeSoto 1934
DeSoto was a mark that came up within the Chrysler concern. The board chose to connect it to the explorer Hernando de Soto. Carl Breer worked with the design at Chrysler and he was also interested to make it with an aerodynamic design. Maybe the car is not that kind 2010 but according to the criteria that were valid 1930 it was a special car in that meaning. The producer were interested to make something unusual just to get people to buy it. The car was equipped with self-supporting car body. This was not general in America. It could be ordered from 1934 with 6 or 8 cylinder engine. The car was not a good seller and the model was only produced up to 1938. To get it popular it was equipped with much optionals. DeSoto was the cheaper model and Chrysler Airflow was the more expensive one. The production of the mark DeSoto ceased 1960 during the low state of the market which arrived when also Edsel and other old brands disappeared. Good to know that in America only the name was taken away but the car was still the same but got another name in it's front.