Molsheim Motor Cars

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Molsheim Motor Cars Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1974
resolution 1977
Seat Twentynine Palms , California , USA
management
  • Tim Barton
  • Paul Barkman
Branch Automobiles

Molsheim Motor Cars Inc. was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded on April 2, 1974 in Twentynine Palms , California . Other sources mention Pasadena in California. The production of automobiles began. The brand name was Molsheim II . After August 22, 1977 nothing is known anymore. The vehicles were created in small numbers.

vehicles

The only model was a high quality replica of a Bugatti Type 35 . Body parts made of light metal, radiator grille and tires corresponded to the original. A four-cylinder engine from Ford powered vehicles. One source mentions an engine from the Ford Pinto with 2000 cc displacement and turbocharger . Another source states that the engine had a displacement of 2500 cc and produced 285 hp by means of a compressor .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Molsheim II.
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1053. (English)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Molsheim II.
  2. ^ A b c d e George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1053. (English)
  3. ↑ opencorporates (accessed March 19, 2017)
  4. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on March 19, 2017)
  5. ^ D'Auto (Dutch, accessed March 19, 2017)
  6. ↑ www.ca-registry.com (accessed March 19, 2017)