York Noble Industries

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Nobel 200
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York Noble Industries Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Cyril Lord ran the company from London . First he imported the Heinkel cabin scooter . In 1958 he received a license for the Fuldamobil . Automobile production began at both its Bristol facility and Short Brothers & Harland Limited in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. The brand name was Nobel . The vehicles were offered both complete and as a kit . A production volume of 400 vehicles per week was planned. In 1961 there was a merger with Lea-Francis . Production ended in 1962. A total of around 1000 vehicles were built.

There was a connection to the company Autos Nobel Sud Americana from Chile , which manufactured similar vehicles and marketed them as Nobel Chile .

vehicles

The main model was the 200 . It largely corresponded to the Fuldamobil S-7 . There was a choice of three-wheelers, which offered tax and registration advantages, and four-wheelers. A steel chassis formed the basis. On a closed was body from fiberglass mounted by the Bristol Airplane Company was established. A single cylinder engine from Fichtel & Sachs with 191 cm³ displacement and 10 HP power was mounted in the center of the vehicle and drove the rear wheel or the rear wheels.

The open version Nobletta appeared in 1960.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Nobel.
  • 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. 1118. (English)

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d George Nick Georgano (editor-in-chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1118. (English)
  2. ↑ 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 Nobel.