Bell Motor Cars Company was an American

United States

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 automobile

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 company, based in York

York, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. They were also built under license in Barrie, Ontario. Unrelated cars named Bell were built in England (1905-1914) and France (1923-1925).

Bell, an assembler rather than a manufacturer, offered light car

Light car

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s with a Herschell-Spillman engine, Westinghouse starter

Automobile self starter

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 and generator

Electrical generator

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, Stromberg

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 carburetor

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, Warner

Warner

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 steering, Muncie

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 transmission

Transmission (mechanics)

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, and Atwater-Kent (domestic) or Simms

Simms

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 magneto

Magneto

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 (export) igniton system.

Sources

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