General Information

Serial #

5957

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL/ WOOD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

467.0 cm

Width

167.0 cm

Height

183.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

1150.0

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Automotive vehicles

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Willys Overland

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1919+

Canada

Canadian built custom body, by the Orillia Carriage Factories Ltd. In 1909, after the IR plant fire, Tudhope organized a new company called Carriage Factories Ltd. This new firm reunited four major carriages manufacturer of the time, Tudhope from Orillia, Heney from Montreal, Munro & McIntosh from Alexandria and Canada Carriage from Brockville. They produced bodies for car manufacturers like Overland from about 1919 until 1924. The car was bought by previous owner, a Canadian student (grade 11) living in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1963 from a mobile home salesman also from Regina. This later had bought the car earlier in the summer for his daughter's wedding. The previous owner before the salesman was also from Regina and he had found the car in a barn under bales of hay. The student used the car from 1963 until 1971. The car was nicknamed Herman by one of his college friends.

Function

Owner driven passenger car for general transportation.

Technical

The Overland 90 model was introduced in 1917 as a competition to Ford models and lasted until 1919. It presented improvements like all-round leaf-sprung suspension and rear-wheel drum brakes. It was apparently a well engineered, dependable and versatile car.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

NIL

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A