Kelly Motors

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Kelly Motors was an Australian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Sydney company began producing automobiles in 1922. The brand name was Summit . Production ended in 1926. One source states that only a few vehicles were made. Another mentions several hundred vehicles.

vehicles

The basis was a chassis with a 2845 mm wheelbase . Various bodies such as touring cars and roadsters were mounted on it. A limousine was also available from 1924 . The suspension was unusual.

The vehicle was powered by a four-cylinder Lycoming engine with a capacity of 3384 cc . The transmission had three gears. The equipment included a car radio , cigarette lighter and electric brake lights .

Kelly Motors granted a twelve month guarantee .

literature

  • Gavin Farmer: With five cars a day in bankruptcy , automobile and motorcycle, issue 10/1985, p. 71 f.
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1541. (English)
  • Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 52 (English).

Web links

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. 1541. (English)
  2. ↑ a b Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 52 (English).