J. Bowen & Company
J. Bowen & Company | |
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legal form | Company |
founding | 1905 |
resolution | 1906 |
Seat | Didsbury , Manchester , United Kingdom |
management | James Bowen |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
J. Bowen & Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
James Bowen experimented on motor vehicles from 1902 or 1903. In 1905 he founded the company in Manchester -Stadtteil Didsbury and began the production of automobiles. The brand name was Bowen . Production ended in 1906 when Bowen moved to Edinburgh .
vehicles
A small car was on offer . A single-cylinder engine with 6 hp was installed in the front of the vehicle and powered the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The transmission had three gears. The carburetor was purchased from Rover . The original price was £ 150 .
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 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
- ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.