Rudolf Stelšovský, výroba automobilů was a
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History
Originally established in 1899 by Rudolf Stelšovský and produced farm machineries. In 1922 Stelšovský started producing cars under the brand name, Stelka. It was designed by Jan Švejda. In 1924, it was discontinued due to the lack of interest of customers and the unreliability of cars at the time.
Vehicles
![1924 Stelka Pickup](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/1924_Stelka_Pickup.jpg)
Their only model was a four-seater powered by a four-stroke two-cylinder side-valve air-cooled engine with 90 mm bore and 90 mm stroke and a displacement of 1145cc. It had an output of around and a top speed of around . It had three forward and reverse speeds with the shifting lever constructed outside the bodywork and the engine power was transferred to the rear axle by a chain. The chassis weight only 300 kg. It was priced at
29,000 Kc which made it the cheapest vehicle showed at the 1923 Prague Motor Show.
At some point, a two-seater commercial
pickup version of the Stelka car with a wooden loading area was also produced. It is unknown if this version was put in production or was a one-off.
Gallery
File:Rudolf Stelšovský, výroba automobilů mechanical workshop, Příbram 1924 (1).jpg, Production of bodywork for the Stelka cars
File:Rudolf Stelšovský, výroba automobilů mechanical workshop, Příbram 1924 (2).jpg, Mechanical workshop with modern machine tools for the production of the Stelka cars
File:Rudolf Stelšovský, výroba automobilů mechanical workshop, Příbram 1924 (3).jpg, One of the four foundries Stelšovský factory, showing the sand treatment plant.
Literature
* Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie. United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8. (German)
* George Nicholas Georgano (Editor-in-chief.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Band 2: P–Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1. (English).
References
Motor vehicle manufacturers of Czechoslovakia
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Czechoslovakia
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1922
Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1924
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