1922 Overland

edited by David Barth, 15 March 2009.
Courtesy Antique Car Museum of Iowa at 860 Quarry Road, Coralville, Iowa, 52241 USA.
Photos were taken in March 2009.

Overland got its start in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1903 by Charles Minshall and Claude E. Cox. Cox had written a college thesis about building an automobile from a motorized tricycle. The company manufactured automobiles from 1903 until 1939.

This 1922 Overland has been decorated in Beverly Hillbillies' style. It is semi-restored with a bench built onto the back. It has no doors, left-hand steering, an odometer, and a trip meter. It has a four-cylinder engine that produces 27 horsepower, a 100 inch wheelbase, and 30 x 3 1/2 tires. The gas tank is in the front of the car, under the hood. The original cost of the car was $595.