Hamilton Motors Company

Hamilton Motors Company was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles and Commercial vehicles in Grand Haven, Michigan the brand names as Hamilton, Panhard and Apex. 

History

Guy Hamilton had headed the Alter Motor Car Company. After their bankruptcy, he founded the new company in Grand Haven, Michigan. He continued the production. Passenger cars only emerged in 1917 and were called Hamilton. Trucks were first marketed as Panhard but Panhard et Levassor vehicle company in France allegedly complained about the name so it was again changed to finally as Apex.

The offer was only the model A-14. It was largely a model of old age. The four-cylinder engine made 28 hp. The chassis had 284 cm wheelbase. The only construction was an open touring car with five seats. A model with a six-cylinder engine was announced but not completed very few cars built. The main sales came from Commercial vehicles,the  trucks came with load sizes from 1-1/2- and 2 1/2-ton Apex trucks, with 3-speed Fuller transmissions and Torbensen rear axles

By 1921 their production ended