Barrie Carriage

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Barrie Carriage Co.
legal form
founding 1903
resolution 1920
Seat Barrie , Canada
management Simon Dyment
Branch Automobiles

Barrie Carriage Co. was a Canadian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Barrie in 1903 to manufacture carriages . In 1915 the manager Simon Dyment decided to manufacture automobiles. Production began in 1916 with a license from the Bell Motor Car Company in the USA . The brand name was initially Bell , from 1918 Barrie . Production ended in 1920. A total of between 20 and 40 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The vehicles largely corresponded to the Bell models. However, a drive built-in motor of Lycoming to the vehicles.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Barrie and Bell (V).
  2. a b c d e f g George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 133 and p. 143. (English)