Defay, Matthys, and Timberman

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Defay, Matthys, and Timberman
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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.

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