Ohio Electric Car Company

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Ohio Electric Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1918
Seat Toledo , Ohio , USA
management George W. Shaw
Branch Automobiles

Ohio Electric Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

James Brown Bell, Henry P. Dodge, Rathbun Fuller, Robert E. Lee, and Henry E. Marvin founded the company in September 1909. The company was based in Toledo , Ohio . In 1910 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Ohio . Initially, part of the Milburn Wagon Company facility was used before moving to its own facility in 1911.

Twelve vehicles were built in 1910, 300 in 1915 and 650 in the following year. From 1915 MV Barbour was President, CM Foster Vice President and General Manager, and Herman H. Brand was Secretary and Treasurer. In 1917 George W. Shaw became president. At that time, business was already in decline, so half of the company's activities consisted of building car bodies for other automobile manufacturers.

Production ended in 1918.

There was no association with the Ohio Motor Car Company , which used the same brand name from 1909 to 1912.

vehicles

Only electric cars were on offer . They were especially easy to drive. That was highlighted in advertising, which was also aimed at women. It was steered with a steering lever that could be operated from both the front seat and the rear seat. The electric motors came from Crocker-Wheeler .

In 1910 there was only one model called the Shaft Drive . This is an indication of cardan drive , on the other hand no chain drive is mentioned for any model. The length of the wheelbase is not recorded. The structure was a coupe .

In 1911 there were three models in the range. What they had in common was the chassis with a 203 cm wheelbase. Model D was a coupe, Model F was a Victoria and Model G was a large coupe .

In 1912 there were six models with three different wheelbases. Model D corresponded to the previous year's model. Model F and Model Q as Victoria and Model G and Model K as Coupé had 229 cm wheelbase . The model X as a De Luxe Coupé had a wheelbase of 259 cm.

In 1913, no wheelbase has been passed down for the Model F as Stanhope . The Model Q as Victoria had a 229 cm wheelbase. The other models had a wheelbase of 269 cm. These were Model L as Colonial Brougham , Model M as Straight-Line Brougham , Model O as Dresden Brougham and Model Y as Brougham.

In 1914 the names changed. In addition, the range has been reduced. The wheelbase was uniform at 249 cm. Are called Model 40 as Dresden design with five seats, Model 50 coupe and Model 60 as Viennese style with five seats.

In 1915 the wheelbase was extended slightly to 250 cm. Model 11 Single-Drive and Model 61 Double-Drive were coupes, Model 21 a Roadster and Model 51 Double-Drive and Model 61 Double-Drive Broughams. There is also another roadster, a single-drive as a four- and five-seat brougham and a double-drive as a five-seat brougham.

In 1916, the Model 12, a four-seater Brougham, had a wheelbase of 239 cm. In the other models, it was a uniform 262 cm. These were Model 42 single-drive as a Brougham, Model 62 as a five-seat Brougham, a roadster and a single-drive as a coupé.

In 1917, the variant with the short wheelbase was discontinued, so that all vehicles had a uniform 262 cm wheelbase. There was a choice of Model 12 as a Coupé, Model 43 and Model 63 as a Brougham, a Coach and a Single-Drive as a Roadster.

In 1918, the range was limited to a Brougham and a Coach with the wheelbase unchanged.

Model overview

year model Wheelbase (cm) construction
1910 Shaft Drive Coupe
1911 Model D 203 Coupe
1911 Model F 203 Victoria
1911 Model G 203 Large coupe
1912 Model D 203 Coupe
1912 Model F 229 Victoria
1912 Model G 229 Coupe
1912 Model K 229 Coupe
1912 Model Q 229 Victoria
1912 Model X 259 De Luxe Coupé
1913 Model F Stanhope
1913 Model L 269 Colonial Brougham
1913 Model M 269 Straight-Line Brougham
1913 Model O 269 Dresden Brougham
1913 Model Q 229 Victoria
1913 Model Y 269 Brougham
1914 Model 40 249 Dresden Design 4-seater
1914 Model 50 249 Coupe
1914 Model 60 249 Viennese Design 5-seater
1915 Model 11 single drive 250 Coupe
1915 Model 21 250 Roadster
1915 Model 41 250 Brougham
1915 Model 51 double drive 250 Brougham
1915 Model 61 double drive 250 Coupe
1915 Roadster 250 Roadster 2-seater
1915 Single drive 250 Brougham 4-seat and 5-seat
1915 Double drive 250 Brougham 5-seat
1916 Model 12 239 Brougham 4-seater
1916 Model 42 single drive 262 Brougham
1916 Model 62 262 Brougham 5-seat
1916 Roadster 262 Roadster
1916 Single drive 262 Coupe
1917 Model 12 262 Coupe
1917 Model 43 262 Brougham
1917 Model 63 262 Brougham
1917 Coach 262 Coach
1917 Single drive 262 Roadster
1918 Brougham 262 Brougham
1918 Coach 262 Coach

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. 1056-1058 (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. 1135-1136 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 1056-1058 (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. 1135-1136 (English).