Belden Motor Car Company

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Belden Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1911
Seat Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA
management EH Belden
Branch Automobiles

Belden Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

EH Belden founded the automobile manufacturing company in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania in 1907 . The brand name was Belden . In the first year only a prototype was made , and series production did not start in 1908 either. In 1909 the production plans amounted to 100 vehicles. Production ended in 1911.

vehicles

The prototype from 1907 had a four-cylinder engine with 30 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 315 cm . A seven-seater touring car body was mounted on it.

From 1908, two models with a six-cylinder engine were available , of which the Model A was usually stronger and longer.

For Model A , an engine with 40/50 hp is specified in 1908, 40/60 hp in 1909 and then 70 hp. The wheelbase was 323 cm in the first year, 335 cm in the second year and 345 cm thereafter. In the first year there was only a five-seat touring car and a seven-seat town car , in 1909 there was both a seven-seat touring car and a five-seat overland touring car, in 1910 only the open seven-seater and last year seven-seat touring cars and limousines .

The Model B was specified with 40/60 hp in the first two years and then with 50 hp. The wheelbase was initially 305 cm and from 1910 335 cm. The three-seater roadster from the first two years was replaced by two- and four-seater versions in 1910. In 1911 there was a choice of four-seat touring car roadster, five-seat touring car tonneau and six-seat sedan.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907 Four 4th 30th 315 7-seater touring car
1908 Model A 6th 40/50 323 5-seater touring car, 7-seater town car
1908 Model B 6th 40/60 305 Roadster 3-seater
1909 Model A 6th 40/60 335 7-seater touring car, 5-seater overland touring car
1909 Model B 6th 40/60 305 Roadster 3-seater
1910 Model A 6th 70 345 7-seater touring car
1910 Model B 6th 50 335 Roadster 2- and 4-seater
1911 Model A 6th 70 345 7-seater touring car, 7-seater sedan
1911 Model B 6th 50 335 Touring car roadster 4-seater, touring car tonneau 5-seater, sedan 6-seater

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. 114 (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. 142. (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. 114 (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. 142. (English)