EJ Coles & Company

EJ Coles & Company
legal form	Company
founding	1901
resolution	1904
Seat	Upper Holloway , London
management	Mr. Coles
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

EJ Coles & Company was a British manufacturer and importer of automobiles .

Company history

Mr. Coles founded the company in 1901. The seat was on Princes Street in the Upper Holloway district of London . However, the production plant was located in Tägerwilen, Switzerland . In 1901 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Belle . Production ended in 1903. Vehicles from other manufacturers were still offered in 1904.

vehicles

The first Belle had a single cylinder engine with 6 hp , which was mounted under a short bonnet. The steering wheel was in the middle of the vehicle. The tonneau body was accessible to the rear passengers through a rear door. Later the engine developed 8 hp.

The company also offered the 6 HP , 7 HP , 10 HP , 12 HP , 22 HP and 24 HP models from unknown manufacturers.

On April 24, 2014, the auction house H&H Classics Limited auctioned a 6/8 HP in need of restoration without an engine from around 1901 for £ 21,280 .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Belle.
• 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 . (English)

Web links

• Grace's Guide (accessed December 14, 2014)
• Allcarindex (accessed December 14, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Belle.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ↑ Auction ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed December 14, 2014)