Malicet & Blin (M.A.B.) was a French manufacturer of bicycles, automobiles, auto components, and aeronautical engines from 1890 until 1925. It expanded into the motor industry in 1897 and aero engines in 1914. They produced both incomplete and entire cars for the UK market, which were badged as Marlborough.[1][2]
Paul Malicet and Eugène Blin founded the company in 1890 to manufacture bicycles in the north east Paris suburb of Aubervilliers. By 1897 they had increased their range to include motor car accessories and components such as chassis and steering gear, where they became one of the leaders in France. By 1903 they produced complete cars which were badged Malicet & Blin, but production was limited. The business continued until 1925, supplying components to other car manufacturers under the name MAB.[2]
In 1893 Malicet et Blin filed a patent application (Brevet), number 230674, for a captive ball-bearing race for bicycle gears. This was marketed as Regina. system, and lead to the company becoming a specialist supplier to other manufacturers. This business was acquired by SKF in 1967.[3]
The company was awarded a silver medal at the Paris Cycle Exposition in September 1900.[4]
CarsEdit
In 1897 they produced a Vis-à-vis (face to face) four seater with a 4 cv (horsepower) engine.[2]
Later the range included 4 CV (horsepower), 6 CV and 8 CV models powered by a single cylinder engine.[2]
In 1893 Malicet et Blin filed a patent application (Brevet), number 230674, for a captive ball-bearing race for bicycle gears. This was marketed as the Regina. system, and lead to the company becoming a specialist supplier to other manufacturers. This business was acquired by SKF in 1967.[3]
Malicet & Blin variously supplied components, chassis and complete cars to: Alatac, Bridgwater Motor Company (aka CCC), Ernst, Excelsior, Eysink, Garage Moderne, Ivor, La Torpille, Lucerna, Marlborough, Mutel, Sigma, and Tuar.
War productionEdit
ArmamentsEdit
The factory, with over 500 employees, manufactured artillery shell warheads during World War I.[3]
Aircraft enginesEdit
In 1914 Eugene Blin and Pierre Clerget [fr] also became involved in building aircraft engines at the factory. They manufactured engines for the Sopwith 1½ Strutter, bombers, and the seaplane fighter of Louis Schreck [fr]'s Franco-British Aviation.[3]
ReferencesEdit
^Linz, Schrader: The International Motor encyclopaedia.
^ abcdeGeorgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
^"The Bicycling world and motorcycle review", September 1900, Paris Exposition Honours
Other sourcesEdit
Harald Linz, Halwart Schrader: The International Motor encyclopedia. United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN978-3-8032-9876-8 .
George Nick Georgano (editor): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: . G-O Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001 ISBN1-57958-293-1 . (English)
External linksEdit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Malicet & Blin.
Image - 1903 Malicet et Blin 8hp Tonneau on the London-Brighton Veteran Car Rally, 2006
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