Overland (car brand)

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Overland was an American automobile brand.

Lettering on the radiator grille of an Overland from 1910
Overland from 1908
Overland from 1910
Overland from 1911
Overland from 1912
Overland from 1914
Overland from 1915
Overland from 1916
Overland from 1917
Overland Model 91 from 1922

Brand history

Charles Minshall was President of the Standard Wheel Company of Terre Haute , Indiana . In 1902 he commissioned his technician Claude E. Cox to design an automobile . On February 12, 1903, the first prototype was ready. The production of automobiles began. The brand name was Overland . In January 1905, production was relocated to another company's facility in Indianapolis .

David M. Parry took over the automotive division and founded the Overland Automobile Company on March 31, 1906 . The company was hit hard by the economic crisis of 1907. The dealer John North Willys from Elmira , New York, took over and continued production. He expanded strongly and multiplied the production numbers.

In 1909 Willys took over shares in the Marion Motor Car Company from Indianapolis and the plant of the Pope Motor Car Company in Toledo , Ohio . In 1909 he founded the Willys-Overland Company in this city . He continued production and kept the brand name for the time being. He later also introduced the Willys-Knight and Willys brands .

In 1926 the brand name Overland was given up. The name reappeared in 1939, but only as a model name for Willys.

vehicles

The first Model 13 from 1903 to 1904 had a single-cylinder engine and had a runabout body.

The following Model 15 , Model 16 and Model 17 had a two-cylinder engine and were also runabouts.

Then followed many models with a four-cylinder engine .

Model 34 , Model 82, and Model 86 had a six-cylinder engine .

In the case of the vehicles from 1917 to 1919, the model designation shows whether they had a four or six cylinder engine.

The Model 93 was the last model with a six-cylinder engine.

Model overview

year model
1903 Model 13
1904 Model 13, Model 15
1905 Model 15, Model 17, Model 18
1906 Model 16, Model 18
1907 Model 22
1908 Model 24
1909 Model 30, Model 31, Model 32, Model 34
1910 Model 38, Model 40, Model 41, Model 42
1911 Model 45, Model 46, Model 47, Model 49, Model 50, Model 51, Model 52, Model 53, Model 54, Model 55, Model 56
1912 Model 58, Model 59, Model 60, Model 61
1913 Model 69, Model 71
1914 Model 46, Model 79
1915 Model 80, Model 81, Model 82
1916 Model 75, Model 83, Model 84, Model 86
1917 Light Four 90, Big Four 85, Light Six 85
1918 Light Four 90, Big Four 85, Light Six 85
1919 Light Four 90
1920 Model 4
1921 Model 4
1922 Model 4
1923 Model 91 , Model 92
1924 Model 91 , Model 92
1925 Model 91 , Model 92 , Model 93
1926 Model 91 , Model 92 , Model 93

Production numbers

Production figures are only known until 1914, because after that the Willys-Overland Company also produced vehicles of the Willys-Knight and Willys brands. From 1912 to 1918 Overland was second only to Ford in the US automotive industry.

year Production number
1903 11
1904 23
1905 36
1906 47
1907 5
1908 465
1909 4,907
1910 15,598
1911 18,745
1912 28,572
1913 37,422
1914 48,461
total 154.292

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. 1094-1099 (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. 1161-1162 (English).

Web links

Commons : Overland  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 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. 1094-1099 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 1161-1162 (English).