O-We-Go
{{short description|Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = O-We-Go Car Company
| image = O-We-Go 1914.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| image_caption = 1914 O-We-Go
| type = Automobile manufacturer
| founded = February, {{Start date and age|1914}}
| defunct = January, {{end date and age|1915}}
| fate = Bankruptcy
| hq_location = Owego, New York
| hq_location_country = United States
| key_people = Charles B. Hatfield, Jr.
| products = Cyclecars
| production = 300 (approx)
| production_year = 1914
}}
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The O-We-Go was an American Cyclecar manufactured in 1914 in Owego, New York.{{Kimes-USCars3rd}}
History
Designed by Charles B. Hatfield, Jr. of the Hatfield Auto Truck Company in Elmira, New York, the O-We-Go prototype cyclecar was tested for 3 months before production in Owego, New York began in 1914.
The O-We-Go had a 12-hp twin-cylinder Ives motorcycle engine with a friction transmission on a 104-inch wheelbase. The tandem-seat automobile sold for $385, {{Inflation|US|385|1914|fmt=eq}}. The "cyclecar craze" faded as quickly as it started, and the company entered into voluntary bankruptcy in January 1915.
In 1916, C.B. Hatfield, Jr. reconfigured the O-We-Go and sold it in kit form which could be purchased complete, or piece-by-piece under the name Tribune. The only known surviving O-We-Go is currently on display at the Northeast Classic Car Museum.
See also
- [https://www.hemmings.com/blog/article/o-we-go/ O-We-Go By Jim Donnelly from the March 2010 issue of Hemmings Classic Car]
{{Commons category|O-We-Go vehicles}}
References
Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1914
Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1915
Category:1914 establishments in New York (state)
Category:1915 disestablishments in New York (state)
Category:Tioga County, New York
Category:American companies established in 1914
Category:American companies disestablished in 1915
Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers based in New York (state)