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The O-We-Go was an American
O-We-Go By Jim Donnelly from the March 2010 issue of Hemmings Classic Car
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The O-We-Go was an American Cyclecar
A cyclecar was a type of small, lightweight and inexpensive car manufactured in Europe and the United States between 1910 and the early 1920s. The purpose of cyclecars was to fill a gap in the market between the motorcycle and the car. A key ...
manufactured in 1914 in Owego, New York
Owego is a town in Tioga County, New York, United States. The population was 18,728 at the 2020 census. The name is derived from the Iroquois word ''Ahwaga'', meaning "where the valley widens".
Owego is in the southeastern corner of the cou ...
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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 afriction transmission
Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other. There are several types of friction:
*Dry friction is a force that opposes the relative lateral motion of ...
on a 104-inch wheelbase
In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the horizontal distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels. For road vehicles with more than two axles (e.g. some trucks), the wheelbase is the distance between the steering (front ...
. The tandem-seat automobile sold for $385, . 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
O-We-Go By Jim Donnelly from the March 2010 issue of Hemmings Classic Car
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