Bell Motor Car Company (Michigan)

Bell Motor Car Company
legal form	Company
founding	1911
resolution	1912
Seat	Detroit , Michigan , USA
management	WD Bell HR Fordyce
Branch	Automobiles

Bell Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

WD Bell, who previously worked at Peerless Motor Car Corporation , and HR Fordyce, previously a manager at Everitt-Metzger-Flanders Company , founded the company in late 1911. The seat was in Detroit , Michigan . In 1912 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Belmobile . The first presentation was at the Detroit Automobile Show in January 1912. Production ended in the same year.

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

vehicles

Only Model A was on offer . A two-cylinder engine with 20 HP power drove the rear axle via a two-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . A long bonnet and a low structure were striking. The chassis and bonnet were gray, the body painted blue. The roadster offered space for two people. Behind the seats was an oval gas tank that held 15 gallons (about 57 liters).

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. 115 (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. 144. (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. 115 (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. 144. (English)