Velie

US, 1909 – 1928

(1) The Velie Motor Vehicle Co, Moline, Ill., 1909 – 1916

(2) The Velie Motor Corp, Moline, Ill., 1916 – 1928

Velie were already well-known carriage builders when they launched their first Velie car in May 1909. The Velie car was a conventional machine with a 30/35hp 4-cylinder engine made by the American & British Manufacturing Company of Bridgeport, Conn., who later made the luxurious Porter car. The Velie Corporation was backed by the John Deere Plow Company, and the Velie car were distributed through Deere dealers until 1915. By 1914 a range of two fours Velie cars and a six was made, with power ratings from 25 to 34hp. From 1917 onwards Velie cars made sixes only, standardizing on Continental engines. One of the most striking Velie cars was the Sport Car of 1918, a four-seater Velie car with wire-wheels and outside exhaust pipes. This was the only model Velie car with the 29hp engine, but the 25hp Velie car was supplied with a wide range of open and closed bodywork. In 1922 Velie cars began to make their own 6-cylinder engines, joined in 1927 by a straight-8 Lycoming. In 1928, the last year of Velie car production, there were three sixes, the Velie Standard 50, the Velie 6-66, and the Velie 6-77, in addition to the 8-88 Lycoming developing 90bhp. 1929 models Velie cars were announced but not built. However, the Velie car name survived in the town of Velie, Louisiana, a suberb of Shreveport. This obtained its name in 1916 because of the local popularity of Velie cars.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; GNG 

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