Olympian Motors Company

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Olympian Motors Company
legal form Company
founding 1917
resolution 1920
Reason for dissolution takeover
Seat Pontiac , Michigan , USA
management RA Palmer
Branch Automobiles

Olympian Motors Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

RA Palmer had previous automotive experience with the Cartercar Company and the Pontiac Chassis Company . In 1917 he founded the company in Pontiac , Michigan . In early 1917 he bought the former Cartercar plant, which was now owned by General Motors . Palmer knew the work and appreciated it. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Olympian .

At the beginning of 1918 around ten vehicles were made a day. After the end of the First World War and the associated interruption in production, this number rose to 15 in early 1919.

A total of 2070 vehicles were built. Friend Motors Corporation took over the company in 1920 .

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. The Model 37 had a four-cylinder engine with 23 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 284 cm . In contrast to many competing vehicles, light colors were also available.

In 1917 there was a touring car with five seats and two different roadsters with two and four seats.

For 1918 to 1919, the touring car and the four-seater roadster are no longer mentioned, although the elimination of the touring car appears unusual. The two-seat roadster was joined by a five-seat sedan .

In 1920 a two-seater roadster and a five-seater touring car were available.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1917 Model 37 4th 23 284 5-seater touring car, 2-seater and 4-seater roadster
1918-1919 Model 37 4th 23 284 Roadster 2-seater, sedan 5-seater
1920 Model 37 4th 23 284 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster

Production numbers

year Production number
1917 217
1918 623
1919 713
1920 517
total 2070

Source:

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. 1089 (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. 1144-1145 (English).

Web links

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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. 1089 (English).
  2. ↑ a b 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. 1144-1145 (English).