Hadfield-Bean
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)