Buckeye National Motor Car Company

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Oscar Lear Automobile Company
Buckeye National Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution 1910
Reason for dissolution Takeover by Kelly-Springfield Truck & Bus Corporation
Seat Springfield , Ohio , USA
management
  • Oscar S. Lear
  • Lee A. Frayer
  • William J. Miller
Branch Automobiles

Buckeye National Motor Car Company , previously the Oscar Lear Automobile Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Lee A. Frayer and William J. Miller worked on air-cooled engines from 1902 . Oscar S. Lear had done the same with his Buckeye Motor Company since about 1900. In 1904 they founded the Oscar Lear Automobile Company in Columbus , Ohio . They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Frayer-Miller . In 1907 the headquarters were moved to Springfield , Ohio. In 1907 commercial vehicles and in 1908 agricultural vehicles of the Farmobile brand were added. Car production ended at the beginning of 1909. The name was changed to Buckeye National Motor Car Company around this time.

In 1910 it was taken over by the Kelly-Springfield Truck & Bus Corporation .

vehicles

From 1904 to 1905 only the 24 HP was in the range. It had a four-cylinder T-head engine with side valves. The engine output of 24 hp was transmitted to the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The chassis had a wheelbase of 244 cm . The only structure was a five-seater touring car .

For the 1906 model year , the wheelbase was extended to 254 cm. The 36 HP also appeared . It had a six-cylinder engine with 36 hp. The wheelbase was 305 cm. This model was also bodied as a touring car with five seats. The sale of such a vehicle on November 1, 1905 to William Monypeny of Columbus is considered the first sale of a six-cylinder vehicle in the United States.

In 1907, additional bodies were available for the 24 HP as a two-seater runabout and a four-seater sedan . The 36 HP remained unchanged. A 50 HP was new . Its four-cylinder engine developed 50 hp. Touring cars and sedans were available with a wheelbase of 310 cm, both with seven seats.

In 1908 the more powerful models were discontinued. The 24 HP was available as a Model B as a touring car, as a Model D as a taxi car, as well as a Philadelphia runabout and a combination runabout .

In 1909 the wheelbase was lengthened to 272 cm. Now all the bodies were identified as Model D out. These were runabouts, combination runabouts, touring cars and limousines.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1904-1905 24 HP 4th 24 244 5-seater touring car
1906 24 HP 4th 24 254 5-seater touring car
1906 36 HP 6th 36 305 5-seater touring car
1907 24 HP 4th 24 254 Runabout 2-seater, touring car 5-seater, limousine 4-seater
1907 36 HP 6th 36 305 5-seater touring car
1907 50 HP 4th 50 310 7-seater touring car, 7-seater sedan
1908 24 HP 4th 24 254 Touring Cars, Taxicars, Philadelphia Runabouts, Combination Runabouts
1909 24 HP 4th 24 272 Runabout, Combination Runabout, Touring Car, Landaulet

Overview of car brands from the US, the Miller include

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Frayer-Miller Buckeye National Motor Car Company 1904 1909 Springfield, Ohio
Miller Miller 1901 1902 Orrville, Ohio
Miller Miller Motor Company 1907 1907 Bridgeport, Connecticut
Miller Miller Car Company 1911 1914 Detroit, Michigan
Miller Harry A. Miller Manufacturing Company 1928 1932 Los Angeles, California
Miller-Peters Miller-Peters Motor Car Company 1907 1907 Newport, Kentucky
Miller-Quincy EM Miller Company 1922 1924 Quincy, Illinois

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 612-613 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 590 (English).

Web links

Commons : Buckeye National Motor Car Company  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 612-613 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 590 (English).