O-We-Go

The O-We-Go was an American Cyclecar manufactured in 1914 in Owego, New York.^[1]

O-We-Go Car Company

1914 O-We-Go
Company type	Automobile manufacturer
Founded	February, 1914; 111 years ago (1914)
Defunct	January, 1915; 110 years ago (1915)
Fate	Bankruptcy
Headquarters	Owego, New York, United States
Key people	Charles B. Hatfield, Jr.
Products	Cyclecars
Production output	300 (approx) (1914)

The only known surviving O-We-Go, a 1914 model, which is currently on display at the Northeast Classic Car Museum.

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.^[1]

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, equivalent to $12,086 in 2024. The "cyclecar craze" faded as quickly as it started, and the company entered into voluntary bankruptcy in January 1915.^[1]

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