Roamer (make of car)

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Roamer was an American automobile brand.

Roamer from 1916
Roamer from 1919
Roamer from 1920

Brand history

The Barley Motor Car Company of Streator , Illinois reintroduced this brand in 1916. Production took place at the Michigan Buggy Company's former facility in Kalamazoo , Michigan . A little later, the company's headquarters were also relocated there.

In 1917 the company name changed to Barley Motor Car Company and in 1924 to Roamer Motor Car Company . Production ended in 1929.

vehicles

The offer included models with purchased engines. There were four-cylinder engines from Duesenberg in the 1918 and 1924 six-cylinder engines from the Continental Motors Company and eight-cylinder engines from Lycoming . The structures are shown in the table below.

In 1916 there was only the 23 HP with a six-cylinder engine. It was specified with 23 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 315 cm .

In 1917 this model remained in the range. The 38 HP was added. Its six-cylinder engine was specified with 38 hp. The wheelbase was 343 cm.

From 1918 to 1919, the D-4-75 was the first four-cylinder model. The engine developed 75 hp. Then there was the model C-6-54 , whose six-cylinder engine developed 54 hp. Both had a 325 cm wheelbase.

No four-cylinder model is mentioned in 1920. On the Model C-6-54 , the wheelbase has been lengthened by a quarter of an inch to 326 cm.

In 1921, the engine of the Model D-4-75 made 80 hp. The engine of the six-cylinder model remained unchanged. Both had a wheelbase of 330 cm.

1922 saw a return to engine power and wheelbase to the level of 1919. The vehicles were now called Model 4-75-E and Model 6-45 E , with the first number standing as usual for the number of cylinders .

In 1923, no four-cylinder model was mentioned again. The 6-54 model was available with both 325 cm and 351 cm wheelbases.

In 1924 the Model 4-75 was possibly back in the range. When Model 6-54 the longer wheelbase accounted for.

In 1925 the offer consisted only of the new Model 8-88 . Its eight-cylinder engine developed 88 hp. The wheelbase was 340 cm.

In 1926, its wheelbase was shortened by 5 cm to 335 cm. In addition, a six-cylinder model was briefly introduced again with the Model 6-50 . Its engine developed 50 hp. The wheelbase measured 292 cm.

In 1927 the Model 8-88 remained unchanged. The slightly smaller and weaker Model 8-80 was added. It had 80 hp and a wheelbase of 320 cm.

1928 saw the restriction to the Model 8-88 . The wheelbase was now 345 cm.

There were no changes in 1929.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1916 23 HP 6th 23 315 5-seater touring car
1917 23 HP 6th 23 315 5-seater touring car, limousine , town car
1917 38 HP 6th 38 343 Touring car
1918-1919 Model C-6-54 6th 54 325 4-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 4-seater sports, 2-seater and 4-seater roadsters , convertibles , town cars, touring limousines, limousines
1918-1919 Model D-4-75 4th 75 325 4-seater and 7-seater touring cars
1920 Model C-6-54 6th 54 326 Touring car 4-seat and 7-seat, Sport 4-seat, Roadster 2-seat and 4-seat, Cabriolet 3-seat, Coupé 4-seat, Sedan 5-seat and 7-seat, Town Car 7-seat
1921 Model C-6-54 6th 54 330 4-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 4-seater roadster, 4-seater sport, 2-seater Speedster , 4-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan, 5-seater town car, 7-seater suburban sedan
1921 Model D-4-75 4th 80 330 Roadster 4-seater, Sport 4-seater, touring car 7-seater, Speedster 2-seater
1922 Model 4-75-E 4th 75 325 4-seater touring car, 4-seater sport, 4-seater roadster, 2-seater Speedster, 4-seater sedan
1922 Model 6-45 E. 6th 54 325 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 3-seater cabriolet, 5-seater coupé, 4-seater sports, 5-seater and 7-seater sedan
1923 Model 6-54 6th 54 325 and 351 4-seater touring car, 2-seater and 4-seater roadster, 4-seater sports, 3-seater convertible, 5-seater coupé,
1924 Model 6-54 6th 54 325 4-seater and 7-seater touring car, 2-seater and 4-seater roadster, 4-seater sports, 3-seater convertible, 5-seater sedan
1925 Model 8-88 8th 88 340 Touring car 5-seat and 7-seat, Sport 4-seat, Roadster 2-seat and 4-seat, Cabriolet 3-seat, Sedan 5-seat, Special Sport Sedan 5-seat
1926 Model 6-50 6th 50 292 5-seater touring car
1926 Model 8-88 8th 88 335 Touring car 5-seat and 7-seat, Sport 5-seat, Roadster 2-seat and 4-seat, Cabriolet 3-seat, Sedan 5-seat, Speedster 2-seat, Brougham 5-seat
1927 Model 8-80 8th 80 320 5-seater sedan, 2-seater coupé, 2-seater roadster, 4-seater Brougham
1927 Model 8-88 8th 88 335 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 3-seater roadster, 3-seater cabriolet, 5-seater and 7-seater sedan, 2-seater Speedster, 5-seater Brougham
1928 Model 8-88 8th 88 345 5-seat sedan and 7-seat sedan, 2-seat Speedster, 5-seat touring car, 2-seat and 4-seat Roadster
1929 Model 8-88 8th 88 345 5-seat sedan and 7-seat sedan, 2-seat Speedster, 5-seat touring car, 2-seat and 4-seat Roadster

Production numbers

The annual production figures are shown below. Note that the 1923 and 1924 figures include the Barley brand vehicles .

year Production number
1916 689
1917 898
1918 1,483
1919 1.110
1920 1,630
1921 1.310
1922 1,418
1923 1.918
1924 723
1925 212
1926 137
1927 88
1928 35
1929 2
total 11,653

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. 1297-1299 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1341-1342 (English).

Web links

Commons : Roamer  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1341-1342 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 669-670 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c 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. 1297-1299 (English).