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The Hungarian motorization - the first
102 years
József Bory
Although Budapest was the center of the automotive efforst, but the countryside took its slice as well. The most famous among these pioneers was József Bory. (The others, János Szárits and Ernô Baktay are virtually unknown - not to mention that there may be others).
József Bory (1876-1958) spent a few months in Austria, experiencing the railways there.
He brought a Zedel motorcycle back home, Székesfehérvár (a city near Budapest). He wanted to study the automotive industry so he went to the German NAG company. When he felt enough knowledge and courage bought a Laurin&Klement and a Zedel engine and came back to Hungary.
Here he set up a workshop and assembled his first motorcycle, named
Compact in 1903. This was powered by an original Zedel engine, but
later models were powered by his own engine, made after Zedel pattern.
About 10 motorcycles were made 'til 1907:
Next came a voiturette. As he wasn't able to make a flywheel to the
transmission, created a transmission without a flywheel. It didn't work,
so he started everything all over again.
It was finished by 1908. A 2-cylinder in-line engine puffed under the hood.
The gearbox was operated by a lever. If the lever was pushed it gave smaller
gear, if pulled bigger. The small car won a prize at the 1908 Budapest
Autoshow:
Until 1910 several new cars were made. As he ran out of money he got married to finance his projects!
After 1910 he gave up the whole idea moved to Budapest and worked in a
workshop, not related to cars.
Copyright and Copy, 1997: Paul
NegyesiBudapest, Hungary.
One of his cars