Oakman Motor Vehicle Company

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Oakman Motor Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1895
resolution 1900
Seat Greenfield , Massachusetts , USA
management Max Hertel
Branch Automobiles

Hertel from 1898

Oakman Motor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Max Hertel was an engineer. He intended to take part in the Chicago Times-Herald Contest in 1895 with a vehicle he had developed . Damage occurred on the approach, which prevented participation. He then founded the company in Greenfield , Massachusetts . The series production of automobiles began in 1899. The brand name was Hertel . The sales figures remained low. Financial problems arose. The company was closed on November 8, 1900.

vehicles

The vehicle from 1895 was the smallest with a gasoline engine that was on the registration list. A self-made two-cylinder engine with 2 HP power drove the rear axle. The two front wheels were guided in bicycle forks . The body of the open runabout offered space for two people. The curb weight was about 227 kg.

A new price of 750 US dollars has been handed down for the series version . One source suggests that the vehicle was too primitive even for the time.

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. 700 (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. 689 (English).

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 700 (English).
  2. ↑ 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. 689 (English).