FW Ofeldt & Sons

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FW Ofeldt & Sons
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founding 19th century
resolution 1909
Seat Brooklyn , New York , USA
Branch Automobiles

Ofeldt from 1899

FW Ofeldt & Sons was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was based in Brooklyn , New York, United States . Nyack claims another source . It dealt with steam engines . In 1899, Ernest F. Ofeldt manufactured the first vehicle, which was followed by a second. Two more vehicles were built between 1901 and 1902 at a plant in Newark , New Jersey . The brand name was Ofeldt .

Until 1905, parts for steam cars from other manufacturers were made. An advertisement has been handed down. After 1909, the company loses its track.

vehicles

Steam cars were on offer . In the first car, a carriage was motorized. For this purpose, two steam engines were connected at an angle of 90 degrees. This made this engine one of the first V-shaped steam engines . The range was 32 kilometers on a charge of water and fuel. The vehicle wasn't pretty. Instead, it was about making it work.

The second vehicle was bodied as a Surrey .

The last two vehicles were a passenger car and a commercial vehicle .

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. 1054 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1134 (English).

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. 1054 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1134 (English).
  3. ↑ a b The Virtual Steam Car Museum (accessed November 17, 2018)
  4. ↑ Advertisement by the company (accessed on November 17, 2018)