Antoine Fils and Compagnie

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The Société Victor Antoine Fils et Compagnie was a Belgian manufacturer of automobiles from Tilff near Liège . The brand name was Antoine .

Company history

The company first exhibited vehicles in March 1900 at an exhibition in Brussels . The production of cars ended in 1902. In addition, engines appeared, named Kelecom after the engineer who developed them. These Kelecom engines continued to be sold to other vehicle manufacturers such as Anglo-Dane , Kensington Automobile Company , Knowles Automobile Manufacturing Company and L'Automobile until 1905 .

vehicles

The vehicles were a three-wheeler and a four-wheeled car, both with an air-cooled 2.5 hp engine, and a two-seat voiturette with a water-cooled 4 hp engine.

literature

  • Yvette Kupélian, Jacques Kupélian, Jacques Sirtaine: Histoire de l'automobile belge. Paul Legrain, Brussels, ISBN 2-8705-7001-5 and epa, Paris, ISBN 2-8512-0090-9 . (French)
  • George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)