Defay, Matthys, and Timberman
Defay, Matthys, and Timberman | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1937 |
resolution | 1939 |
Seat | Ixelles / Elsene , Belgium |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Defay, Matthys et Timberman was a Belgian manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Eugène Matthys, who had been manufacturing lightweight car bodies since the 1920s, founded the company in 1937 in Ixelles / Elsene together with Defay and Timberman and began developing and producing automobiles. Production ended in 1939. The brand name was Demati .
vehicles
The vehicles had a special tubular frame that was connected to the body. The first prototype had a V2 engine from JAP with 600 cm³ or 980 cm³ displacement , front-wheel drive and rear-wheel steering. Later models had a four-cylinder engine of Ruby cc with 950 or 1,100 cc displacement and normal front-wheel steering. The body had two doors.
literature
- George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)
- GN Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present , Dutton Verlag, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 (English)
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
- Yvette Kupélian, Jacques Kupélian and Jacques Sirtaine: Histoire de l'automobile belge. Paul Legrain, Brussels, ISBN 2-87057-001-5 and epa, Paris, ISBN 2-85120-090-9 (French)