Helo motor vehicle construction Hermann & Lommatzsch

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Helo motor vehicle construction Hermann & Lommatzsch
legal form
founding 1923
resolution 1925
Seat Berlin-Koepenick , Germany
Branch Motorcycles , automobiles

Helo Motorenbau Hermann & Lommatzsch was a German manufacturer of motor vehicles . Other sources use the notation Helo- Motorenbau Herrmann & Lommatzsch , Automobilbau Lommatzsch and Motorenbau Lammatzsch .

Company history

The company was based at Köpenicker Strasse No. 5 in Berlin-Köpenick . In 1923 the production of motorcycles began . The brand name was Helo . Depending on the source, passenger cars were only produced in 1923, from 1923 to 1924, only 1924 or from 1924 to 1925. In 1925, motorcycle production ended.

vehicles

The motorcycles have two-stroke engines of Bekamo , according to a source with charging pump . The displacement was either 120 cm³ or 150 cm³.

The only car model was a tricycle. One source calls it a cross between a motorcycle and an automobile. A DKW motor with 3 HP power was mounted above the single front wheel and drove it. Another source mentions an air-cooled single-cylinder two-stroke engine from DKW with a displacement of 147 cm³ and an output of 3 hp. The open body offered space for two people.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 683. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c Ulrich Kubisch : German car brands from A – Z. VF Verlagsgesellschaft, Mainz 1993, ISBN 3-926917-09-1 , p. 68.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Helo.
  4. ↑ a b c Michael Wolff Metternich : 100 years on 3 wheels. German three-lane vehicles through the ages. Neue Kunst Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-929956-00-4 , pp. 182-183.
  5. ↑ GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring (accessed on April 24, 2016)
  6. ↑ a b Erwin Tragatsch: All motorcycles. 1894 until today. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-87943-410-7 , p. 195.
  7. ↑ a b Werner Oswald: German Cars 1920–1945. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 19960, ISBN 3-87943-519-7 , p. 446.
  8. ↑ Roger Hicks: The International Encyclopedia. Motorcycles. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-613-02660-5 , p. 241.
  9. ↑ S. Ewald: Encyclopedia of the motorcycle. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1999, ISBN 3-8289-5364-6 , p. 231.