Ohio Motor Car Company

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Jewel Carriage Company
Ohio Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1912
Reason for dissolution takeover
Seat Cincinnati , Ohio , USA
management JF Pratt
Branch Automobiles

Ohio Motor Car Company , previously the Jewel Carriage Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Jewel Carriage Company was founded in 1909. The headquarters were in Cincinnati and the factory in Carthage , both in Ohio . JF Pratt was President and Ralph E. Northway was Vice President. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Ohio , often written OhiO by the manufacturer . In 1910 financial problems began. Bankruptcy followed in mid-1912 . A reorganization led to the company's name being changed to Ohio Motor Car Company . That was the name of the previous sales organization. Pratt and Northway remained in office.

Production ended in December 1912. Northway, who had in the meantime sold his Northway Motor and Manufacturing Company to General Motors and had thus made money, took over the company and continued production with the new Crescent Motor Company .

There was no association with the Ohio Electric Car Company , which used the same brand name between 1910 and 1918.

vehicles

All vehicles had a four-cylinder engine . With one exception, the chassis always had a 292 cm wheelbase . The numerous superstructures were given different model names.

In 1910 there was only the Forty . The engine was specified with 35/40 hp . Model 40-A was a touring car with five seats, Model 40-C was a Suburban with four seats, and Model 40-D was a toy tonneau with five seats. There were also three different roadsters . Model 40-E had four seats, Model 40-F had three seats, and Model 40-G had two seats.

In 1911 the Four appeared as a weaker model. Its engine only made 28 hp. The only structure was a three-seater roadster. In the more powerful Forty model , the engine developed 40 hp. Model 40-C was a touring car with five seats, Model 40-D was a Cl. C . marked with five seats, Model 40-F was a runabout with two seats, Model 40-G was a torpedo with two seats, Model 40-H was a coupé with three seats, Model 40-J was a sedan with seven seats, Model 40- M a touring car with front doors and five seats and Model 40-N was as Fore-Door Cl. C. marked with five seats.

In 1912 there was only the Forty . The different structures were given special names. The Avondale and Clifton were five-seat touring cars, the Euclid a five-seat torpedo, the Grand Prix Bullet a two-seat roadster, the Grandin a four-seat tonneau, and the Ohio Service Car a delivery van . The two-seater Speedster with the name Brighton Beach had a wheelbase of only 267 cm.

Model overview

year model execution cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1910 Forty Model 40-A 4th 35/40 292 5-seater touring car
1910 Forty Model 40-C 4th 35/40 292 Suburban 4-seater
1910 Forty Model 40-D 4th 35/40 292 Toy tonneau 5-seat
1910 Forty Model 40-E 4th 35/40 292 Roadster 4-seater
1910 Forty Model 40-F 4th 35/40 292 Roadster 3-seater
1910 Forty Model 40-G 4th 35/40 292 Roadster 2-seater
1911 Four 4th 28 292 Roadster 3-seater
1911 Forty Model 40-C 4th 40 292 5-seater touring car
1911 Forty Model 40-D 4th 40 292 Cl. C. 5-seater
1911 Forty Model 40-F 4th 40 292 Runabout 2-seater
1911 Forty Model 40-G 4th 40 292 Torpedo 2-seater
1911 Forty Model 40-H 4th 40 292 3-seater coupé
1911 Forty Model 40-J 4th 40 292 7-seater sedan
1911 Forty Model 40-M 4th 40 292 Fore-Door touring car, 5-seater
1911 Forty Model 40-N 4th 40 292 Four-Door Cl. C. 4-seater
1912 Forty Avondale 4th 40 292 5-seater touring car
1912 Forty Brighton Beach 4th 40 267 Speedster 2-seater
1912 Forty Clifton 4th 40 292 5-seater touring car
1912 Forty Euclid 4th 40 292 Torpedo 5-seater
1912 Forty Grand Prix Bullet 4th 40 292 Roadster 2-seater
1912 Forty Grandin 4th 40 292 4-seater tonneau
1912 Forty Ohio Service Car 4th 40 292 delivery trucks

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 (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 (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 (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 (English).
  3. ^ Advertisement 1909 (English, accessed on November 17, 2018)
  4. ↑ Advertisement (English, accessed on November 17, 2018)
  5. ↑ Advertisement 1911 (English, accessed on November 17, 2018)