Escol

Établissements Moto Escol
legal form
founding	1914
resolution	1938
Seat	Châtelet , Belgium
management	Jules Escol, Félix Escol, Maurice Escol
Branch	Motor vehicle manufacturer

Établissements Moto Escol was a Belgian manufacturer of vehicles . The brand name was Escol .

Company history

The Châtelet-based company originally produced shaft hoisting systems. Automobile production began in 1926 and ran until 1929. Motorcycles were made until 1938.

vehicles

motorcycles

The first prototype was made in 1923. Series production began in 1925. Initially, Villiers engines with a displacement of 147 to 250 cm³ were used . Later models had four-stroke engines with 250 cm³, 500 cm³ and 600 cm³ displacement.

Automobiles

At first, chassis from SUP and four-cylinder engines from Fivet with 1500 cc displacement were used. From 1927, built-in engines from Chapuis-Dornier and four-wheel brakes were used.

literature

• George Nick 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 2-8705-7001-5 and epa, Paris, ISBN 2-8512-0090-9 (French)
• S. Ewald: Encyclopedia of the motorcycle. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1999, ISBN 3-8289-5364-6

Web links

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on December 22, 2013)