Bell Motor Car Company

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Bell Motor Cars Company
Founded1915
Defunct1922
Headquarters York, Pennsylvania (USA)
Products Cars
1920 Bell Touring Car 1920 Bell Touring Car.jpg
1920 Bell Touring Car

Bell Motor Cars Company was an American automobile company, based in York, Pennsylvania. [1] They were also built under license in Barrie, Ontario. [2] Unrelated cars named Bell were built in England (1905-1914) and France (1923-1925). [3]

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Bell, an assembler rather than a manufacturer, offered light cars with a Herschell-Spillman engine, Westinghouse starter and generator, Stromberg carburetor, Warner steering, Muncie transmission, and Atwater-Kent (domestic) or Simms magneto (export) ignition system.

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References

  1. Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.193.
  2. "The Barrie Bell, 1916-1921". drlogick.com. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  3. Wise, David Burgess. Encyclopedia of Automobiles (London: Quarto Publishing), 1979, p.96-97.

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