Harry C. Stutz

Harry C. Stutz (1876 in Ohio - 1930) was a United States automobile entrepreneur, engineer, and innovator in the automobile industry.

Stutz grew up caring for and repairing agricultural machinery on the family farm. Automobiles and engines fascinated him. Stutz built his first car in 1897, and then a second auto using a gasoline engine of his own design and manufacture. In 1905, he designed a car for the American Motor Car Company. He soon left the new company and founded an enterprise that he later renamed it Stutz Motor Company. He was also instrumental in creating the Stutz Fire Engine Company, as well as the H.C.S. Motor Car Company in 1919. In 1929 he formed the Stutz-Bellanca Airplane Company.

References

* [http://automotivehalloffame.org/honors/index.php?cmd=view&id=131&type=inductees The Automotive Hall of Fame Inductee Page] , retrieved on: August 26, 2006.

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NAME = Stutz, Harry C.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = automobile entrepreneur and engineer
DATE OF BIRTH = 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH = Ohio
DATE OF DEATH = 1930
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