Roamer Motor Car Company

Streator Motor Car Company ; Barley Manufacturing Company ; Barley Motor Car Company ; Roamer Motor Car Company
legal form	Company
founding	1903
resolution	1929
Seat	Kalamazoo , Michigan , USA
management	George P. Wigginton
Branch	Automobiles

Roamer from 1916

Roamer from 1919

Roamer from 1920

Roamer Motor Car Company , previously Streator Motor Car Company , Barley Manufacturing Company, and Barley Motor Car Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Streator Motor Car Company

LP Halladay bought the Erie Motor Carriage and Manufacturing Company of Anderson , Indiana , in late 1902 . He moved to Streator , Illinois . He was looking for business partners and after a year founded the Streator Motor Car Company in Streator. The first car was built in great secrecy in 1904 and launched in 1905. It was called Halladay . Bankruptcy began on September 23, 1911 .

Barley Manufacturing Company

In January 1913 the company was sold to the Merchants' Realization Company of Chicago . It was then bought by Albert C. Barley, who was secretary at the engine manufacturer Rutenber Motor Company . He carried out the reorganization that resulted in the new name Barley Manufacturing Company . He continued production while keeping the brand name.

In 1916 Barley launched the new Roamer brand in collaboration with Cloyd Y. Kenworthy and Karl H. Martin . Their production took place in the former Michigan Buggy Company plant in Kalamazoo , Michigan . A little later, the company's headquarters were also relocated there.

Barley Motor Car Company

In 1917 the company name changed to Barley Motor Car Company .

That same year, Barley decided to focus entirely on the Roamer. He therefore sold the entire Halladay division to a group of investors who then founded Halladay Motors Corporation and continued production of the Halladay in Ohio .

Between September 1922 and 1924 there was also the Barley brand for smaller vehicles. In addition, Pennant brand taxis were produced between the summer of 1923 and 1925 .

Roamer Motor Car Company

In 1924 Barley sold the company. The new company name was Roamer Motor Car Company . George P. Wigginton was the president. Production ended in 1929.

A total of around 13,000 vehicles were built.

vehicles

Brand name Halladay (1905–1922)

Brand name Roamer (1916–1929)

Brand name Barley (1922-1924)

George Hopkins announced this brand on August 7, 1922. The market launch was in September 1922.

The vehicles were a bit smaller and cheaper than Roamer's. In particular, the grille was different. The six-cylinder engine with an L-head also came from Continental. The only version was called the Model 6-50 . Again, the first number stood for the number of cylinders and the second number for the engine power. The chassis had a 300 cm wheelbase.

All superstructures offered space for five people. Touring cars , sedans , sports sedans and touring sedans have been handed down for the 1923 model year . In 1924 there was a Phaeton , Sport Limousine, Touring Limousine, Limousine and Special Sport.

There was also a taxi from 1922 to 1923.

year	model	cylinder	Power ( hp )	Wheelbase (cm)	construction
1923	Model 6-50	6th	50	300	5-seater touring car, 5-seater sedan, 5-seater sports sedan, 5-seater touring sedan
1924	Model 6-50	6th	50	300	Phaeton 5-seater, Sport Limousine 5-seater, Touring Saloon 5-seater, Saloon 5-seater, Special Sport 5-seater

Brand name Pennant (1923-1925)

These taxis were the successor to the Barley brand taxi. A four-cylinder engine from Buda Engine Co. powered the vehicles. The wheelbase was 292 cm.

Production numbers

year	Production number	annotation
1905	5	Halladay brand
1906	25th	Halladay brand
1907	25th	Halladay brand
1908	50	Halladay brand
1909	50	Halladay brand
1910	100	Halladay brand
1911	200	Halladay brand
1912	300	Halladay brand
1913	200	Halladay brand
1914	136	Halladay brand
1915	236	Halladay brand
1916	772	83 Halladay plus 689 Roamers
1917	898	Roamer brand. 48 Halladay are not included in this number as it is unclear which manufacturer made them.
1918	1,483	Roamer brand
1919	1.110	Roamer brand
1920	1,630	Roamer brand
1921	1.310	Roamer brand
1922	1,418	Roamer brand
1923	1.918	Roamer and Barley brands
1924	723	Roamer and Barley brands
1925	212	Roamer brand
1926	137	Roamer brand
1927	88	Roamer brand
1928	35	Roamer brand
1929	2	Roamer brand
total	13,063

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. 105, pp. 669-670, pp. 1167 and pp. 1297-1299 (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. 663 (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 Motor Car Company - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ 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).
↑ 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. 663 (English).
↑ ^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. 1297-1299 (English).
↑ ^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. 105 (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).
↑ ^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. 1167 (English).

[Kimes-Halladay-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ 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).

[Beaulieu-Halladay-2] 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. 663 (English).

[Kimes-Roamer-3] ↑ ^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. 1297-1299 (English).

[Kimes-Barley-4] 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. 105 (English).

[Beaulieu-Roamer-5] 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).

[Kimes-Pennant-6] 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. 1167 (English).