Fabrique Automobile Belge

Fabrique Automobile Belge was a Belgian manufacturer of automobiles from Schaerbeek . The brand name was FAB .

Company history

In 1912 FAB took over the factories of the bankrupt car manufacturer Vivinus in Schaarbeek. Production ended in 1914.

vehicles

The company produced the four-cylinder models 12/16 CV Type C with a displacement of 2121 cm³ and the 20/28 CV Type B with a displacement of 3562 cm³. The magneto ignition came from Bosch , the carburetor from Zenith , the gearbox had four gears, the brakes worked on the rear wheels and on the power transmission (gearbox brake).

The vehicles were also used in races.

literature

• Yvette Kupélian, Jacques Kupélian, Jacques Sirtaine: Histoire de l'automobile belge. Paul Legrain, Brussels, ISBN 2-8705-7001-5 and epa, Paris, ISBN 2-8512-0090-9 (French)
• George Nicholas Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)

Web links

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on January 17, 2016)