Omna car

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Omna-Auto Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1970s
resolution 1977
Seat Seattle , Washington , USA
management
  • Alan Gerard
  • Alan Gerard Jr.
  • Klee Gerard
Branch Automobiles

Omna-Auto Inc. was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Alan Gerard founded the company in the 1970s with his sons Alan Jr. and Klee in Seattle , Washington . They started producing automobiles and kit cars . The brand name was Omna , possibly with the addition of a car . Production ended in 1977. Gerard then founded Gerard Coach .

Other sources give the production period as 1970 to around 1985 or around 1980 to 1985, but Gerad Coach was already around at the time.

vehicles

On offer were inexpensive kit vehicles on chassis from the VW Beetle . The Rumbleseat Roadster resembled a Renault from the 1910s. The body was made of fiberglass . The vehicle remained a one-off.

The Oldbug was a 1900s-style utility vehicle . The cab was open at the sides. About five to ten copies were made of this.

The bug box had a box structure behind the B-pillar , while the front of the VW Beetle remained unchanged. The model found ten buyers.

The flatbed was a VW Beetle with a flatbed. With 400 copies sold, this was the most successful model.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Omna; Oldbug.
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1148. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Omna; Oldbug.
  2. a b c d e f g George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1148. (English)
  3. a b c d e Harold Pace: SS Jaguar XK Vintage - Kit Carchives Auf Hot Rod from May 1, 2004. (English, accessed February 18, 2017)
  4. a b c d'Auto (Dutch, accessed February 18, 2017)
  5. a b Allcarindex (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)