Barthel Motor Company

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Barthel Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1903
resolution 1904
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management James E. Davis
Branch Automobiles

Barthel Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Oliver E. Barthel worked with Henry Ford at the Detroit Automobile Company . He left this company in an argument. In 1903, with financial help from the Davis brothers, he founded the company in Detroit , Michigan . James E. Davis became president, Charles Davis became secretary, and Barthel became an engineer. The first vehicle was ready in November 1903 and the second in January. The brand name was Barthel . After that, production ended. In 1904 the company was dissolved.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a two-cylinder engine with 14 hp .

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 107 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 134. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 107 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 134. (English)