Bendix Company

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Bendix Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1909
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
management
  • OM Delauney
Branch Automobiles

Bendix Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Vincent Hugo Bendix and OM Delauney had already gained experience in automobile construction at the Holsman Automobile Company . In 1907 they founded both the Bendix Company and the Duplex Motor Car Company in Chicago , Illinois . In August 1907, they also acquired the Triumph Motor Car Company , which, however, operated as the manufacturer of Triumph cars until 1912 . In 1908 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Bendix . In November 1908 the plant was relocated to Logansport , Indiana . In 1909 the production of the Bendix ended . A total of around 7,000 Bendix and Duplex vehicles were built.

Vincent Bendix moved to Ames Corporation and later founded the Bendix Corporation for vehicle parts.

vehicles

Highwheelers were on offer . A special feature was a self-developed friction gear . Various four-cylinder engines powered the vehicles.

In 1908 there was the Four . Its engine was specified with 20/24 hp . The wheelbase was 262 cm. The choices were No. 4 as Gentleman's Roadster and No. 5 as Surrey .

The following year the Four had a 30 hp engine. The wheelbase was shortened to 259 cm. The superstructures corresponded to the previous year's models.

The Hi-Lo model (for high wheels, low center of gravity) was available from November 1908. Its engine developed 40 hp. The chassis also had a wheelbase of 259 cm. The version No. 9-H was a three-seater roadster and the No. 9-L is a two-seater roadster.

Model overview

year model execution cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1908 Four No. 4th 4th 20/24 262 Gentleman's Roadster
1908 Four No. 5 4th 20/24 262 Surrey
1909 Four No. 4th 4th 40 259 Gentleman's Roadster
1909 Four No. 5 4th 40 259 Surrey
1909 Hi-Lo No. 9-H 4th 40 259 Roadster 3-seater
1909 Hi-Lo No. 9-L 4th 40 259 Roadster 2-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. 116 (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)

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. 116 (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)