Weidely Motors Company was an early motor company based in

Indianapolis Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...

, IN. Weidely started in 1915. It made engines for Premier, Chalmers,

Cletrac The Oliver Farm Equipment Company was an American farm equipment manufacturer from the 20th century. It was formed as a result of a 1929 merger of four companies: the American Seeding Machine Company of Richmond, Indiana; Oliver Chilled Plow Wo ...

crawlers and

Owen Magnetic 1920 Owen Magnetic Touring Car ad, from '' House Beautiful'' magazine The Owen Magnetic was a pioneering American brand of hybrid electric luxury automobile manufactured between 1915 and 1922. Car models of the brand were notable for their use of ...

cars. They also made a V-12 engine for the 1917 Pathfinder and 1920

Heine-Velox Heine-Velox was a large, expensive luxury car made by Gustav Heine. Heine Piano Company was originally Bruenn Piano Company before Heine became owner. All were based in San Francisco. Piano business Gustav Otto Ludolf Heine was born near Boi ...

. George Weidely and H.O. Smith, started the

Premier Motor Manufacturing Company The Premier Motor Manufacturing Company built the brass era and vintage Premier luxury automobile in Indianapolis, Indiana, from 1903 to 1925. History The Premier Motor Manufacturing Company was organized in 1903 by George A. Weidely and Harol ...

on December 24, 1902. Weidely was an innovative engine designer and created an early overhead valve V-12. Premier went into receivership in 1914 so they took the rights and development of the Premier engine and formed the Weidely Engine Company in partnership with R.M. Owen who was president of the Entz Motor Corporation. Research has not revealed when the company closed but it made engines for Cletrac up to 1932.

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