
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.
[Linz, Schrader: The International Motor encyclopaedia.]
History
Paul Malicet and
Eugène Blin
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Aubervilliers () is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France region, northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Albertivillariens'' or ''Albertivillariennes''.
Geography
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. 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''.
[Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.]
Paul Malicet died in October 1923.
Cycles
In 1893 Malicet et Blin filed a patent application (''Brevet''), number 230674, for a captive
ball-bearing
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The purpose of a ball bearing is to reduce rotational friction and support radial and axial loads. It achieves this ...
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
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in 1967.
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Cars
In 1897 they produced a ''Vis-à-vis
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* Vis-à-vis, a French expression in English, literally "face to face (with)", meaning in comparison with or in relation to
* ''Vis-à-vis'' (album), by Karol Mikloš, 2002
* Vis-à-vis (carriage), a type of horse-drawn ...
'' (face to face) four seater with a 4 cv (horsepower) engine.
Later the range included 4 CV (horsepower
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), 6 CV and 8 CV models powered by a single cylinder engine.
An 1897 4 hp ''Vis-à-vis'' and a 1903 ''Tonneau
A tonneau ( or ) is an area of a car or truck open at the top. It can be for passengers or cargo.
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'' with a 6 hp De Dion-Bouton
De Dion-Bouton was a French automobile manufacturer and railcar manufacturer operating from 1883 to 1953. The company was founded by the Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion, Georges Bouton, and Bouton's brother-in-law Charles Trépardoux.
Steam cars
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engine occasionally perform in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
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in England
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.
Accessories and components
In 1893 Malicet et Blin filed a patent application (''Brevet''), number 230674, for a captive ball-bearing
A ball bearing is a type of rolling-element bearing that uses balls to maintain the separation between the bearing races.
The purpose of a ball bearing is to reduce rotational friction and support radial and axial loads. It achieves this ...
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
AB SKF (Swedish: ''Svenska Kullagerfabriken''; 'Swedish Ball Bearing Factory') is a Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing company founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1907. The company manufactures and supplies bearings, seals, lubrication and ...
in 1967.
Malicet & Blin variously supplied components, chassis and complete cars to: Alatac The Alatac was an automobile built by Automobiles Catala of Braine-le-Comte, Belgium, from 1913 to 1914.
The company had its HQ in the Rue Ten Bosch in Brussels and its manufacturing plants in Braine le Comte.
Production ended in 1914 with the ...
, Bridgwater Motor Company
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(aka CCC), Ernst
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, Excelsior
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* "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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, Eysink
The Eysink was a Dutch automobile manufactured from 1903 until 1919.
The Eysink brothers from Amersfoort, who created the marque, started out manufacturing bicycles. In 1897 they built their first automobile. However, the brothers did not begin pr ...
, Garage Moderne
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*Garage (residential), a building or part of a building for storing one or more vehicl ...
, Ivor
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, La Torpille
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* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...
, Lucerna, Marlborough, Mutel, Sigma
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, and Tuar
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A
* Aftali / Hephthali / Fatali
* Agnikula
* Anjana
* Atila / Atala
* Athwal
* Avaar
* Awana
B
* Babbar
* Bagri
* Bainsla
* Bajar / B ...
.
War production
Armaments
The factory, with over 500 employees, manufactured artillery shell warheads during World War I
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.
Aircraft engines
In 1914 Eugene Blin and also became involved in building aircraft engines at the factory. They manufactured engines for the Sopwith 1½ Strutter
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, bombers, and the seaplane fighter of 's Franco-British Aviation
Franco-British Aviation (usually known by its initials FBA) was an aircraft manufacturer of the early 20th century, headquartered in London and with its production facilities around Paris. Specialising in seaplanes, it was established in 1913 by ...
.
References
Other sources
* Harald Linz, Halwart Schrader: The International Motor encyclopedia. United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, .
* George Nick Georgano (editor): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: . G-O Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001 . (English)
External links
Image - 1903 Malicet et Blin 8hp Tonneau on the London-Brighton Veteran Car Rally, 2006
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Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France
Automotive companies of France
French companies established in 1890
Car manufacturers of France
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1890
Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1925
1925 disestablishments in France
Companies based in Île-de-France
Cycle manufacturers of France