1922 Templar

edited by David Barth, 30 January 2009.
Courtesy The Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Photos were taken in January 2009.

Templar produced automobiles from 1918 to 1924. The name was based on the Knights Templar, and the company adopted the Maltese cross as its symbol. Although most components were suppled by other manufacturers, the engines were built and final assembly was done at the plant.

These automobiles were very peppy, attractive, and small. In 1920, a Templar set a new record for driving from New York to Chicago in twenty-six hours and ten minutes, six hours less than the old record. This car came with a compass and a Kodak camera as standard equipment.

Model: A-445
Body Style: Roadster
Original Factory Price: $1,985
Brake Horsepower: 50
Displacement: 196.8 cubic inches
Bore: 3 3/8 inches
Stroke: 5 1/2 inches
Cylinders: 4, in-line, cast together (en bloc)
Wheelbase: 118 inches
Manufacturer: Templar Motors Corporation
Location: Lakewood, Ohio (near Cleveland, Ohio), USA
Years of Production: 1917-1924

From the TRW Collection, formerly the Thompson Auto Album and Aviation Museum.