Basson's Industries

The Basson's Industries Corporation was an American automobile manufacturer.

description

The company was based in Bronx , New York . In 1956, it produced automobiles that were marketed as Basson's Star .

vehicles

The only model was a three-wheeled, two-seat roadster called Basson's Star . The elegant vehicle without doors had a small single - cylinder two-stroke engine from the ILO engine works installed at the rear, which delivered 10 bhp (7.4 kW) and drove the rear wheels. The US $ 999 vehicle was about 3200 mm long and only a few copies were produced. It emerged from the Martinette design from the Commonwealth Research Corporation . Gil d'Andrea was involved in production and sales.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Basson Star.
• 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)
• John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X .