Ohio Motor Vehicle Company

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Ohio Motor Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1919
resolution 1923
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Cleveland , Ohio , USA
management Charles Riegler
Branch Automobiles

Ohio Motor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded on October 6, 1919 as the successor to the Ohio Trailer Company . The seat was also in Cleveland , Ohio . Charles A. Riegler was president and William E. Ferris was secretary and treasurer. The production of trailers continued. They also manufactured automobiles from 1920. The brand name was Ferris . Bankruptcy began in June 1921 . Production continued until 1922. On March 1, 1923, the company was officially dissolved.

vehicles

Many parts were bought in. This included the six-cylinder engine that came from the Continental Motors Company . The vehicles had excellent bodies and were relatively expensive.

In 1920 there was the Model C-20 . The 9 N engine developed 50 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 330 cm . A six-seater touring car , a six-seater Sport and a four-seater sedan have been handed down as superstructures .

In 1921 only the name changed to Model C-21 .

In 1922 there were two models in the range. They only differed in the engine power and the new price. The Model 60 had the previous engine with 60 hp and the Model 70 a 6 T engine with 70 hp. The wheelbase remained unchanged. There was a choice of a roadster with two seats, a sedan with four seats and a touring car with six seats, each also in a sports version.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1920 Model C-20 6th 50 330 6-seater touring car, 6-seater sport, 4-seater sedan
1921 Model C-21 6th 50 330 6-seater touring car, 6-seater sport, 4-seater sedan
1922 Model 60 6th 60 330 6-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 4-seater sedan
1922 Model 70 6th 70 330 6-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 4-seater sedan

Production numbers

A total of 440 vehicles were built.

year Production number
1920 123
1921 214
1922 103
total 440

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. 562-563 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 535 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 562-563 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp.  535 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c Automobile Quarterly Volume 39, Issue 1.