George Baets

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George Baets
legal form
founding 1922
resolution 1924
Seat London
management George Baets
Branch Automobile manufacturer

George Baets was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George Baets had two addresses in London . One was at Wilton Mews in Belgravia and the other at Clapham . He manufactured automobiles between 1922 and 1924, which he marketed as GB . One source suspects that no more than two vehicles were made.

vehicles

Baets turned cyclecars with three wheels here, where the individual wheel was beginning. A two-cylinder engine from Coventry-Victor with 668 cm³ or 688 cm³ displacement and 7 HP power drove the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The models De Luxe , Sporting and Camionette were offered . The price was a uniform £ 157.50 . Another source cites £ 120 as the price. The vehicle weighed 250 kg.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 . (English)
  • Nick Baldwin: A – Z of Cars of the 1920s. Herridge & Sons Ltd, Beaworthy 2010, ISBN 978-1-906133-24-5 . (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ A b c d AZ of Cars of the 1920s.