HOMER

Homer Auto Truck Co. (1908-1909)
Homer, Michigan

This is a Homer radiator script (1908-1909)    mjs
Size: 343mm wide

The Homer Auto Truck Company of Homer, Michigan is included in lists of American truck manufacturers with dates of production of the Homer truck commencing in 1908 and ending variously in 1909 or 1916. 

The Detroit Free Press reported in June 1908, that the Homer Auto Truck Company had started to manufacture an order for 25 gasoline engines. In February 1909, it was further reported that the Homer Auto Truck Company had been incorporated to manufacture auto trucks, drays, delivery wagons and gasoline engines. In March 1909, the Homer Auto Truck Company was advertising for managerial staff and for storage facilities. 

One motor truck reference describes the Homer as a light commercial vehicle.  Another reference reports that the Homer Auto Truck Company was changed to the Homer Gas Engine Company but no date is given. Apart from this limited information, further details of this small truck manufacturer are unknown.

Based on this limited information and the "emblems" described below, it seems most likely that the Homer Auto Truck Company was a new, very small, local manufacturer, which may have built at least one light truck or delivery vehicle, possibly a prototype, but was unsuccessful as a truck manufacturer and decided to concentrate on the manufacture of gasoline engines. Whether this line of business was successful is unknown.

If you have any further information about the Homer truck, please let me know, in order to update this post.

Emblems

There is no information available about the Homer truck but it is likely that at least one was built, as there is a brass Homer radiator script, see example shown above at the top of this post. Original Homer radiator scripts are very rare.

The Homer truck also displayed the "Homer" name on a small brass Homer nameplate, see example shown below. This Homer nameplate is very rare.

This is a Homer Auto Truck Co. nameplate (c1909)   mjs
Size: 77mm wide 33mm high