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The 1936 Hotchkiss 486 Cabourg was given a complete makeover by its former owner, a Dutch doctor Current owner brought the US to the Netherlands.
This vehicle has an OHV engine enough four-cylinder engine that produces 65 horsepower taxable CV 13 which is sufficient to propel the vehicle at speeds of about 110 km h The selective sliding transmission with four speed ratios, Synchronized the first two gears, transmits power to the rear wheels, it has four doors and is RHD hydraulic brakes were new to the Company in 1936 Hotchkiss, but after a year resorted back to the mechanical braking configuration hydraulic brakes do not appear on a new Hotchkiss until the end of World war II.
Hotchkiss Cie in Paris was founded by an American, and originally produced weapons firm for the Civil War and Napoleon II governments and the Third French Republic 1920, Hochkiss also manufactured quality cars for the middle class french World War II than after they could no longer compete on the french market with mass produced cars of Peugeot and Citroën, they turned to the production of jeeps and trucks.
The Director General of Hotchkiss Co. for 30 years by 1935 was an American, Laurence Vincent Benet, the uncle of poets William Rose Benet and father of Stephen Vincent Benet Benet LV, also named Stephen Vincent Benet, was the leader of ammunition for Ú S army during the civil war of 1861-1865, during which he made a lot of business with the founder of the concern gun Hotchkiss, Benjamin Berkeley Hotchkiss Hotchkiss BB moved its operation in France in 1867, and company acquired a high quality weapons production reputation Hotchkiss machine gun was standard issue for the French army and the air force during the Second World war, crossed cannons company logo is the insignia of the Ordnance Department of the army Ú S.
The first car created by Hotchkiss in 1903. He was a four-cylinder unit that was quite advanced for its time, since most manufacturers still producing a cylinder units quickly appeared a new model, the type of which 40hp C has drawn the Mercedes Simplex design inspiration in 1907, the Company Hotchkiss its vehicles fueled by a six-cylinder engine.
Hotchkiss and Co. was located in Saint-Denis, Paris and produced vehicles of 1903 by 1955 the company would support the First and Second World War, the Great Depression, and outlast most of its competitors in 1954, the company Hotchkiss merged with Delahaye company to become Hotchkiss-Delahaye continue producing a year before switching to built licensed production Jeeps the company was taken over in 1956 by a manufacturer of appliances named Brandt to become Hotchkiss-Brandt again in 1966, the company again took to become Thomson-Houston company produced military vehicles from 1967 to 1971.
Many mechanical components manufactured, used and created by Hotchkiss in the early 1900s was revolutionary instead of plain bearings, they chose to use ball bearings These bearings continue to be found in their engines until the type 30HP X 1910.
During the First World War a subsidiary factory was opened in Coventry, England, while the main factories efforts towards the production of military equipment after the war, production resumed and soon Type AD, AD6, AF and AG was introduced.
In early 1920 the company has tried to create a luxury vehicle, but the work never got beyond the prototype stage in 1923, the management of the company changed Focused turning into a company of a car's company began with their AM Coventry designed that would last until 1929 when the company returned to the production of several models at this time, they introduced the AM73 and AM80, both powered by six-cylinder engines.
In 1923, the plant was sold to Coventry Morris Director of the Hotchkiss factory, Henry Ainsworth, moved to Paris where he became general manager and chief engineer of the automotive division of production of a new plant, in the boulevard Ornano, soon started and in 1926 it was bought a Hotchkiss completed steel pressure society that allows the Hotchkiss company to bring their body of work in-house instead of outsourcing the work.
AM series was produced until 1933 when a new naming system has been adapted the new naming system used the first number represents the number of cylinders in the engine while the rest of the numbers represented in the power CV 411 is a model generated by a four-cylinder engine that produces 11HP other four-cylinder model at that time was the 413 six-cylinder options are 615, 617 and 620 636 was introduced in 1936 and served as an option performance for Hotchkiss line of vehicles.
In 1937 the company merged with Hotchkiss Amilcar.
With Nearing the Second World War, the Popular Front government nationalized the body and stamping side arms of the company, they began to produce military vehicles and light tanks.
In 1942, the Peugeot Company purchased the Hotchkiss Company in 1946, vehicle production Hotchkiss resumed with the production of tractors and light trucks.
Auto production continued during the late 1940s and early 1950s they had bought the rights to the traction car before Gregory in 1951 and were producing a version of this vehicle, but it was expensive A new style body, Anjou, was introduced in 1950 Anthéor convertible joined the launch in 1952, with all these introductions and upgrades to their line of vehicles, they were ready to continue construction vehicles, but sales sloping constraints to cease production in 1952.
The company merged with Delahaye in 1954 by Daniel Vaughan October 2006.
1936 Hotchkiss 486 Cabourg, 1936 Hotchkiss Cabourg.