Bell Motor Car Company Explained

Bell Motor Cars Company
Location:	York, Pennsylvania (USA)
Foundation:	1915
Defunct:	1922
Products:	Cars

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]

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.

Sources

• Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.

External links

• 1921 Model 21 tourer advertisement

See also

• List of automobile manufacturers
• List of defunct automobile manufacturers

Notes and References

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