J. Bowen & Company

J. Bowen & Company
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

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.