Mohs Seaplane

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The Mohs Seaplane Corporation was an American company.

description

Bruce Baldwin Mohs founded the company in Bandwin , Wisconsin in 1948 to manufacture seaplanes and scooters . In 1967 the manufacture of automobiles began , which ran until 1979. The brand name was Mohs .

Models

The wagons rested on commercial vehicle chassis from International Harvester . There were two models, both of which were considered exotic.

Ostentatienne Opera Sedan

The Ostentatienne Opera Sedan was presented to the public in 1967. It was an unusual car in terms of technology and design.

The vehicle had an idiosyncratic hatchback body, the design of which had few parallels to the current vehicle design. The Ostentatienne was unusually high, with an exterior length of 6.3 meters, longer than all American production vehicles and had a large front and rear overhang. The front section was dominated by a high and wide radiator grille made of aluminum. There were no side doors; they were technically not feasible, because there were massive beams made of 3.5 mm thick steel in the vehicle flanks, which were supposed to optimize side impact protection. Instead, entry was through a single, upward-swinging door in the rear of the vehicle; the driver had to go forward through a narrow aisle between the seats.

The tires on the Ostentatienne were also unusual. The tires of the vehicle were filled with nitrogen and measured 7.5 ″ × 20 ″. The car was powered by an International Harvester truck engine. Two versions of the V8 engine were provided: The model A had 4982 cc and provided 193 bhp (142 kW) at 4400 min -1 , in model B , the values were 8996 cc and 250 hp (184 kW) at 4400 min -1 . The larger version, however, was never realized.

The equipment was extensive. It included a refrigerator and a gas stove. The walnut-lined dashboard carried instruments adorned with 24-carat gold. The floor was carpeted in the style of the Chinese Ming dynasty and the seats were covered with velvet. The seats were hung swaying.

Mohs put the sales price for the Ostentatienne Model A in 1967 at US $ 19,600, the Model B should cost US $ 25,600.

There are different details about the scope of production. In the 1980s, the literature assumed that Mohs began series production and produced "three to four vehicles a year". Other sources speak of a total production of three to four vehicles or that the Ostentatienne found "one or the other buyer". However, in a documentary published in 2011, Bruce Mohs stated that only one copy of the Ostentatienne Opera Sedan was made; the vehicle remained in his possession permanently. The vehicle was restored in 2009 by students from two US high schools after being out of service for nearly 20 years.

Safari car

The Safarikar was built from 1972 to 1979 and was just as unconventional as the Ostentatienne. It had an aluminum body that was covered with padded Naugahyde (a vinyl ). The doors had no hinges, but slid outwards on rails, again to provide increased side impact protection. The car had a steel cabriolet roof. As special equipment there was a television , four-wheel drive , a radio with two wave ranges and a butane-powered stove.

The V8 engine had a displacement of 6424 cm³ and developed 179 bhp (132 kW) at 3600 min −1 . The price of the 2446 kg vehicle was 14,500 US $. Three copies of the Safarikar were made.

literature

  • Wolfgang Blaube : Nothing going on without Mohs . Brand history and short biography of Bruce Mohs in: Oldtimer Markt , issue 1/2011, p. 75.
  • John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975 . Krause Publications, Inc. Iola, Wisconsin (2002). ISBN 0-87349-461-X
  • Diether Günther: Only available in America. Mr. Mohs' vehicles . In: Oldtimer Markt, special issue prototypes (1987). P. 146 f.
  • Michael Hundt: A night at the Opera. Mohs - the most terrible car in the world . Presentation of Mohs Ostentatienne Opera Sedan in: Oldtimer Markt , issue 1/2011, p. 70 ff.
  • Richard M. Langworth: Encyclopedia of American Cars 1930-1980 . New York (Beekman House) 1984. ISBN 0-517-42462-2 .
  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Mohs.
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1052. (English)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Oldtimer Markt, issue 1/2011, p. 75.
  2. ↑ Oldtimer Markt 1/2011, p. 71.
  3. ↑ Quoted from the 1967 sales prospectus .
  4. ↑ Oldtimer Markt, issue 1/2011, p. 73.
  5. ^ Langworth: Encyclopedia of American Cars 1930-1980, p. 669.
  6. ↑ Oldtimer Markt, special issue Prototypes, p. 147.