Hadfield-Bean

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Hadfield-Bean from 1928

Hadfield-Bean is a former British car brand.

Company history

In 1926 the British steel company took Hadfields Limited , the company Harper, Sons & Bean Limited , which in Tipton Automobile brand Bean created. The new company was called Bean Cars Limited . But it was not until 1927 that the vehicles were offered as Hadfield Bean.

Production stopped in 1929.

vehicles

There were the models 14/40 HP , 14/45 HP and 14/70 HP . The latter model was the sport version. All models were equipped with a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2297 cm³ .

A vehicle of this brand can be seen in the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5
  • GN Georgano: cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895–1975 , Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester (1997), ISBN 1-874105-93-6 (English)