Besst

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Besst was an Australian car brand.

Company history

The Company May's Motorworks from Adelaide vehicles sold by Chevrolet . Automobiles were also made in the 1920s. The brand name was Besst . Depending on the source, the construction period was 1924, 1925 or from 1926 to 1927. A total of five or six vehicles were built.

vehicles

The only model was the Super Four . According to one source, a self-made chassis formed the basis. Other sources say the chassis came from Parish & Bingham or link it to Crow-Elkhart . A four-cylinder engine from Lycoming from the USA with 19.6 taxable horsepower and a displacement of 3155 cm³ propelled the vehicles. The transmissions came from Muncie . TJ Richards from Adelaide made the touring car bodies called King of the Road . The purchase price was about double that of a comparable imported vehicle.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Besst.
  • 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. 161. (English)
  • Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 55 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Besst.
  2. ^ A b c d George Nick Georgano (editor-in-chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 161. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 55 (English).