Malicet & Blin

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Établissements Malicet et Blin
legal form Société
founding 1890
resolution 1925
Seat Aubervilliers , France
management
  • Paul Malicet
  • Eugène Blin
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Malicet & Blin 4 CV from 1897
Malicet & Blin from 1903

Établissements Malicet et Blin was a French manufacturer of automobiles and bicycles .

Company history

Paul Malicet and Eugène Blin founded the company in Aubervilliers in 1890 to manufacture bicycles. This was later followed by the manufacture of vehicle accessories and parts for automobiles such as chassis and steering gears. The company was one of the leaders in France in this field. Complete automobiles were also made between 1897 and 1903. The brand name was Malicet & Blin . The production of own automobiles was always low. The sale of accessories to other automobile manufacturers continued until 1925, partly under the name MAB.

vehicles

Among other things, there were the models 4 CV , 6 CV and 8 CV with a single cylinder engine . A vehicle from 1903 with a built-in engine from De Dion-Bouton with 6 hp power in the body shape Tonneau has been preserved and occasionally takes part in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run . There is also a vis-à-vis from 1897 with 4 hp.

equipment

Accessories, especially chassis , were supplied to the following automobile manufacturers : Alatac , Bridgwater , CCC , Delage , Ernst , Excelsior , Eysink , Ivor , La Torpille , Lucerna , Marlborough , Mutel , Sigma , and Tuar .

literature

Web links

Commons : Malicet & Blin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Malicet et Blin.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English).