Oliver Motor Truck Company
| Oliver Motor Car Company Oliver Motor Truck Company |
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|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1910 or earlier |
| resolution | 1913 |
| Seat | Detroit , Michigan , USA |
| Branch | commercial vehicles |
The Oliver Motor Car Company , only in 1913 and Oliver Motor Truck Company , was an early, American manufacturer of commercial vehicles , which refers to the production of light High Wheeler - truck had specialized.
Company history
The company was based in Detroit ( Michigan ). The brand name was Oliver . In January 1913, Forrest M. Keeton acquired either the entire company or just the manufacturing facilities for Keeton Motor Company . Oliver is verifiable until April 1913. After that, the brand and commercial vehicle construction were discontinued. Keeton built passenger cars of the then upper middle class and luxury class until 1914 .
There is no known reference to other motor vehicle manufacturers who used the name Oliver and in particular to the manufacturer of Oliver tractors, the Oliver Farm Equipment Company .
vehicles
A closed high-wheel delivery van with payloads of 0.75 and 1.5 sh tn (680 and 1361 kg) was on offer . A two - cylinder boxer engine was used for both . The power transmission took place via a two-speed planetary gear and cardan shaft in the lighter vehicle; the heavier one had double chains instead of the drive shaft. A Top Express panel cost US $ 1400, - although there is no information as to which of the two series the model belonged to or whether it was offered in both and at the same price. Express is the contemporary name for a flatbed truck .
literature
- Albert Mroz: Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Trucks and Commercial Vehicles. Krause Publications, Iola WI, 1996; ISBN 0-87341-368-7 .
- Beverly Rae Kimes (ed.), Henry Austin Clark Jr.: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause Publications, Iola WI, 1996, ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9 . (English)
- GN Georgano (Ed.): Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. 2nd Edition. Dutton Press, New York 1973, ISBN 0-525-08351-0 .