Pungs-Finch

Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer

The Pungs Finch was an American automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan from 1904 to 1910. They were powerful touring cars built by a factory which primarily made marine gas engines.

E. B. Finch was an engineer who had studied at the University of Michigan and who had built his first automobile in 1902. William A. Pungs was his father in law who had arranged the purchase of the Sintz Gas Engine Company for the Michigan Yacht and Power Company. Pungs bought out his partner O. J. Mulford, who departed and established the Gray Marine Motor Company in 1905. The new company was named the Pungs Finch Auto and Gas Engine Company in 1904. In 1905, the marine engine and boat building part of the factory burned and production was delayed while Pungs Finch rebuilt. E. B. Finch designed a larger advanced model for 1906 called the Finch Limited powered by an 8652 cc single overhead camshaft, four cylinder engine priced at $3,500, 3500.0 in 1906 is equivalent to about <calculated amount> in recent years. It was guaranteed to be 50 horsepower and go 50 miles an hour. E. B. Finch departed in 1906 after an argument with his father in law and became a dealer for Chalmers in Cleveland. From 1906 to 1910 Pungs Finch cataloged 22 hp and 40 hp models, again selling for $2,000 and $2,500 respectively. The 50 hp model was offered again in 1908 but by now the company concentrated their efforts on marine gas engines and boat building. The 1906 model Finch Limited, probably the only one built, was discovered in a factory and restored by automobile historian Henry Austin Clark Jr. in the 1950s. It is the only know extant Pungs Finch.