Bell Motor Car Company (Pennsylvania)

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Bell Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1915
resolution 1922
Seat York , Pennsylvania , USA
Branch Automobiles

Bell from around 1920

Bell Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in York , Pennsylvania in June 1915 . In 1916 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Bell . The designer was Ernest T. Gilliard, who previously worked for the Pullman Motor Car Company and the Sphinx Motor Car Company . From 1918 the factory was used by Pullman. Production ended in 1922.

There was no connection to the Bell Motor Car Company of the same name from Michigan .

vehicles

All vehicles had purchased four-cylinder engines , initially from GB&S and Continental Motors Company and from 1919 from Herschell-Spillman . The vehicles were named after the year of construction or model year , i.e. Model 16 for 1916 etc.

Model 16 and Model 17 had a 20 hp engine. The wheelbase was 284 cm. Two-seat roadsters and five-seat touring cars were on offer .

For Model 18 and Model 19 , the engines were specified with 22.5 hp. The chassis now had a wheelbase of 290 cm. The roadster now offered space for four people, while the touring car remained unchanged.

Model 20 and Model 21 had a more powerful 36 hp engine. The wheelbase and the available superstructures remained the same.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1916 Model 16 4th 20th 284 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1917 Model 17 4th 20th 284 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1918 Model 18 4th 22.5 290 5-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster
1919 Model 19 4th 22.5 290 5-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster
1920 Model 20 4th 36 290 5-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster
1921 Model 21 4th 36 290 5-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster

Production numbers

A source names 1873 vehicles with annual distribution. Another source confirms 63 vehicles for 1921, but gives a total of 1933 vehicles.

year Production number
1916 217
1917 323
1918 437
1919 516
1920 317
1921 63
total 1873

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. 143. (English)

Web links

Commons : Bell Motor Car Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 143. (English)