Airway (automobile) explained

Airway
Foundation:1949
Defunct:1950
Location:San Diego, California, United States
Industry:Automobile
Key People:Everett Miller
T. P. Hall
Products:automobiles

The Airway was an American microcar with two seats, made by Everett Miller and T. P. Hall, and Clarence O Lee was a loaned engineer between 1949 and 1950 in San Diego, California. It had an all-aluminum body and chassis and an air-cooled 10 hp (7 kW) Onan engine mounted at the back. Normally it would only use a single fluid-drive speed, plus an emergency low gear.

History

Hall had attempted several times to make a flying car, but stuck with a more conventional design for this car. The streamlined styling was considered to be modern and quite appealing, and its tiny wheels made the car look larger than it actually was. It used a large amount of aluminum and plastic to reduce its weight. Its wheelbase was 100inches in length (158inches all told) and 50inches wide. Only two are known to have been made, one of the coupe and one of the sedan, though a number of photographs exist.[1]

Model details

Body type – Shipping weight – Factory price

2-door Sedan - 800lb - US$750

2-door coupe - 775lb - US$750

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Kowalke, Ron . Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946–1975 . 4th . Iola, Wisconsin . Krause Publications . 0-87341-521-3 . 1997 . registration .