Établissements Armor

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Établissements Armor
legal form
founding 1910
resolution 1957
Seat Paris
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Établissements Armor was a French manufacturer of motor vehicles.

Company history

The company was based on Avenue Truedelaine in Paris . In 1910 the production of motorcycles began . Automobiles were also made between 1925 and 1928 . In 1934 it was part of the Alcyon concern . Armor was last mentioned in 1957.

vehicles

motorcycles

There were motorcycles in the classes 100 cm³ ( two-stroke ) and four-stroke from 175 cm³ to 500 cm³. Some of the motorcycles already had a cardan drive and some also had engines with overhead camshafts , the latter was a rarity before 1970 and was usually only implemented for racing machines off-road.

Automobiles

The automotive industry uses it was cyclecars . A single-cylinder engine with 98 cm³ displacement and a two-cylinder engine with 496 cm³ displacement were available for the drive .

literature

  • Erwin Tragatsch : All Motorcycles 1894–1981. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-87943-410-7 .
  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)
  • S. Ewald: Encyclopedia of the motorcycle. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1999, ISBN 3-8289-5364-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ↑ Ewald: Encyclopedia of the motorcycle.
  3. ↑ a b Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.