O-We-Go Car Company | |
Type: | Automobile manufacturer |
Founded: | February, |
Defunct: | January, |
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 |
The O-We-Go was an American Cyclecar manufactured in 1914 in Owego, New York.
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, . 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.