Ben Hur Motor Company

Ben-Hur Motor Company
legal form	Company
founding	1916
resolution	1918
Reason for dissolution	insolvency
Seat	Willoughby , Ohio , USA
management	LL Allyn
Branch	Automobiles

Ben-Hur Motor Company shares on October 26, 1916

Ben Hur Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

LL Allyn founded the company in Willoughby , Ohio in 1916 . He started producing automobiles that were marketed as Ben-Hur . By February 1918, around 30 to 40 vehicles were built. At that time the production capacity was 20 vehicles per day, but plans were limited to 5 to 10 vehicles per week. Bankruptcy followed in May 1918 .

The designer was BP Bagby, who founded the Midwest Motor Company after the bankruptcy of the Ben-Hur Motor Company .

vehicles

Ben-Hur Six

The only model was the Six . He had a six-cylinder engine of Buda with 29 hp power. The chassis had a wheelbase of 320 cm . There was a choice of four-seat roadster , seven-seat touring car and seven-seat touring limousine .

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. 117 (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. 146. (English)

Web links

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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. 117 (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. 146. (English)