Bobbi-Kar (Bobbi Motor Car Corporation)

 Automotive manufacturer USA From 1945 at 1947

The Bobby Motor Car Corporation was a post war American automaker from the 1940s. The brand name was Bobbi-Kar

History

The San Diego-based company in California manufactured automobiles between 1945 and 1947, which were marketed as Bobbi-Kar. In 1947, the company was renamed Dixie Motor Car Corporation because of legal and financial issues and moved to Birmingham, Alabama. Company founder was SA Williams.

The Bobbi-Kar was a small car available as a sedan and coupe with two doors each and a three-door station wagon. The cars were designed by BF Goodrich. The drive was originally to be a 2-cylinder 12hp air cooled engine but later cars had a side-mounted four-cylinder inline engine with 1064 cc displacement, which developed an output of 25 bhp (18.4 kW) with 65mph top speed and 40 miles per gallon. 

The sedan and the estate both had an 80" wheelbase with the engine was installed in front, the rear coupe and the rear wheels total weight was under 600 lbs.

The bodies were made of fiberglass. For the coupe there was a hardtop made of steel and the station wagon had processed wood parts on the sides, so it was a "woody". The suspension worked over rubber coated torsion bars.

By 1948 moved to Kellar Motors Corporation in Huntsville, Alabama.