Gilson Manufacturing

Gilson Manufacturing Co.
legal form
founding	1850
resolution	?
Seat	Guelph , Canada
Branch	Motor vehicles , mechanical engineering

Gilson Manufacturing Co. was a Canadian company.

Company history

The company was founded in Guelph in 1850 as a foundry and in the field of mechanical engineering . In 1906 ship engines and stationary engines were added. In 1921 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Gilson . Car production ended in 1921 or 1922. In addition, between 50 and 100 tractors were built .

Car

The company ordered parts for six vehicles. However, only two were completed and a third partially installed. The four-cylinder engine came from Continental , although Gilson was an engine manufacturer himself. The vehicles were bodied as open touring cars .

literature

Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Gilson.
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 , p. 624. (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Gilson.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 624. (English)

[Die_Internationale_Automobil-Enzyklopädie-1] Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Gilson.

[Beaulieu-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 624. (English)