Essex Coach

The Essex Coach was manufactured by the Essex Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan.

Essex Coach specifications (1926 data)

Color – Body and wheels, blue; running gear, black
Seating Capacity – Four or five
Wheelbase – 110½ inches
Wheels - Wood
Tires - 30” × 4.95” balloon
Service Brakes - contracting on rear
Emergency Brakes - expanding on rear
Engine - Six cylinder, vertical, cast en bloc, 2-11/16 × 4¼ inches; head removable; valves in side; H.P. 17.32 N.A.C.C. rating
Lubrication – Splash, with circulating pump
Crankshaft - Three bearing
Radiator – Cellular
Cooling – Thermo-syphon
Ignition – Storage Battery
Starting System – Two Unit
Voltage – Six
Wiring System – Single
Gasoline System – Vacuum
Clutch – Multiple disc in oil
Transmission – Selective sliding
Gear Changes – 3 forward, 1 reverse
Drive – Spiral bevel
Rear Springs – Semi-elliptic
Rear Axle – Semi-floating
Steering Gear – Worm and full worm wheel

New car price included the following items:

The following was available at an extra cost:

: none

New car prices were F.O.B. factory, plus Tax:

Source: {{cite book

| last = Slauson

| first = H. W.

| authorlink =

|author2=Howard Greene

| year = 1926

| chapter = “Leading American Motor Cars”

| title = Everyman's Guide to Motor Efficiency

| publisher = Leslie-Judge Company

| location = New York

| id =

}}