Omar Motor Company

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Child's Automobile Company
Omar Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1908
resolution 1911
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Newark , New Jersey , USA
management Sam A. Mora
Branch Automobiles

Browniekar

Omar Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source names the name Omar Motor Car Company , previously Child's Automobile Company .

Company history

Sam A. Mora, who also ran the Mora Motor Car Company , founded the company in Newark , New Jersey , in 1908 . William H. Birdsall was the designer. They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Browniekar . The bankruptcy began in 1910 . The company was auctioned on November 15, 1911. A total of around 1000 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The vehicles were remarkably small and particularly suitable for children, but could also be driven by adults. A water-cooled single - cylinder four-stroke engine with a 76.2 mm bore , 88.9 mm stroke and 405 cm³ displacement developed 3.5 hp . It drove the rear axle via belts. The wheelbase was 168 cm. The open roadster offered space for two people side by side. The curb weight was given as 170 kg.

Photo shows Buster Keaton at the wheel of a 1910 vehicle.

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. 155 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 202. (English)

Web links

Commons : Omar Motor Company  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 202. (English)
  2. ↑ 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. 155 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Horseless Carriage Replica News New Year 2014. (accessed October 7, 2017)