Officine Meccaniche Isola Bella

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SA Officine Meccaniche Isola Bella
legal form Spa
founding 1909
resolution 1923
Seat Milan , Italy
management Enrico Restelli
Branch Automobile manufacturer

SA Officine Meccaniche Isola Bella , previously Restelli, Buzio & C. , was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Enrico Restelli founded in 1909 on the Via Disciplini 15 A in Milan , the company Restelli, Buzio & C. for the production of bicycles and aircraft engines . The brand name was Rebus . Only a prototype of a planned automobile was created. After the First World War , the company was called SA Officine Meccaniche Isola Bella and was located at Via A. Della Pergola 9 in Milan. The automobiles produced in series were marketed as Restelli . Production ended in 1923.

vehicles

Brand name Rebus

The 10 HP model remained a prototype . For driving a saw four-cylinder - monobloc engine with 1724 cc displacement . The transmission had four gears.

Brand name Restelli

The company manufactured its own four-cylinder engines. One model had an engine with OHC valve control and 1490 cm³ displacement. Another model had an engine with two overhead camshafts and 1459 cc displacement.

Races

Antonio Lago , who later went to Talbot , drove a Restelli. Enrico Restelli achieved a class win with one of his vehicles in the race from Susa to Moncenisio .

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 : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago IL 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English).
  • Collective of authors: Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Brands · Models · Technology. Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg, 1989