Talk:Chalmers Automobile

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Chalmer Model Overview, 1908–1923[edit]

This data is for the Cole company but I will update it for Chalmer. anything with an apostrophe is for the Chalmers--Akrasia25 (talk) 11:56, 26 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Year	Model	Engine Type / Cyl.	Power bhp (kW)	Wheelbase in
1909	Model 30	Straight 2 cyl.	14 bhp (10 kW)	90
'1910	Series 30	Straight 4 cyl.	30 bhp (22 kW)	'115
'1910	Series 40	Straight 4 cyl.	30 bhp (22 kW)	'122
1911	Series 30	Straight 4 cyl.	30 bhp (22 kW)	118
1912	'Model 9	Straight 4 cyl.	^{[convert: invalid number]}	xx
1913	Forty	Straight 4 cyl.	40 bhp (30 kW)	116
1913	Fifty	Straight 4 cyl.	50 bhp (37 kW)	122
1913	Sixty	Straight 6 cyl.	40 bhp (30 kW)	132
1914	'Sport touring	Straight 6 cyl.	^{[convert: invalid number]}	xx
1914	'Model 24 Touring	Straight 6 cyl.	50 bhp (37 kW)	132
1914	Six	Straight 6 cyl.	43.8 bhp (32.7 kW)	136
1915	'Model 32B	Straight 6 cyl.	40 bhp (30 kW)	XX
1915	Model 6-50	Straight 6 cyl.	29 bhp (22 kW)	126
1915	Big Six 6-60	Straight 6 cyl.	39.2 bhp (29.2 kW)	127
1916	Model 8-50	V-8 cyl.	39.2 bhp (29.2 kW)	127
1917	Series 860	V-8 cyl.	39.2 bhp (29.2 kW)	127
1918–1919	Series 870	V-8 cyl.	39.2 bhp (29.2 kW)	127
1920–1921	Aero Eight 880	V-8 cyl.	80 bhp (60 kW)	127
1922	Aero Eight 890	V-8 cyl.	80 bhp (60 kW)	1271⁄4
1923	Series 890	V-8 cyl.	80 bhp (60 kW)	1271⁄4

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Chalmers Automobile/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: RealLifeLorefan80 (talk · contribs) 04:45, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA review 1[edit]

I'm going to quick fail this article as it comes under number 2 of Immediate failures. It contains 82.5% copyrighted material.

See here and this was the number before edits by Akrasia25. uniquecarsandparts.com.au is a well established and fairly old website.

RealLifeLorefan80 (talk) 04:50, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I will remove and rewrite article. Thank you for your time and review.--Akrasia25 (talk) 15:58, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I know that it's an accident. This has happened to me many times but I don't want anyone to come and sue the editors. But note, it was 55% copyrighted before you, so someone else also has accidentally done it. AussieCoinCollector (talk) 04:25, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You are too kind. Happy New Year to you. It is such a cool car. I think I added the text thinking that a future owner would need to know this stuff before it is lost. I also know that WP is not a manual. TIL how to use EarWig.--Akrasia25 (talk) 19:25, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year to you too AussieCoinCollector (talk) 03:53, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rewrite of article to remove copywritten material[edit]

I think that I have cleaned it up. I am not sure what is the next step. Does an admin look at it now and copy the text over to the article? The rewritten article is at Talk:Chalmers Automobile/Temp--Akrasia25 (talk) 03:01, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not too sure but I think yes. AussieCoinCollector (talk) 06:18, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Akrasia25 Nice work, see here AussieCoinCollector (talk) 07:10, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rewrote article to remove copyright material. See User_talk:AussieCoinCollector#Chalmers_Auto for consensus to edit. Also Earwig [1] shows 13% which is now just lists of models or a street address. Thank you to AussieCoinCollector for encouragement.--Akrasia25 (talk) 15:51, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, hope your also doing good and stay COVID safe. Wished the entire world's COVID status was like Western Australia AussieCoinCollector (talk) 23:14, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merging with Maxwell Motors[edit]

Both the Chalmers and the maxwell pages are bothe stated as being taken over by walter chrysler and show chrysler sales figures after the purchase. i think either thez should be merged or a separate Maxwell-Chalmers page should be made as they were known after the merger of chalmers and maxwell upto the dicontinuation of the chalmers brand.^[1]

Strong oppose. Both firms had independent histories for much longer than the brief period that they were merged before becoming Chrysler. There is a high enough amount of content in both articles that merging them would be disastrous; it would be needlessly difficult to find information and it would not be a benefit in any way to Wikipedia readers. --Sable232 (talk) 21:15, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Strong oppose. As the author of many of the edits on this page, I have looked at this over the last month to think of a way a merge could work. The transition period is very confusing from the sources. I put the Chrysler sales figures in there to show how Chalmer's factory transitioned over to Chrysler. The financing alone between the companies would make the article unreadable. --Akrasia25 (talk) 21:32, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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