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Waverley Cars
Waverley Cars Limited of Willesden, London were a manufacturer of motor cars from 1910 to c1930. Company History The company started out as Light Cars Limited in Willesden, North London in 1910. Their first model, named the Waverley, was exhibited on the stand of T.B.Andre Ltd on their stand at the 1910 Motor Show. They also exhibited on T.B.Andre's stand in 1911, but had their own stand at the 1912 show. Light Cars Ltd had showrooms at 119 Great Portland Street, London. Production recommenced in 1919 by which time the company had changed its name to Waverley Cars Ltd. They last exhibited at Olympia in 1927, and production probably ceased in 1928. Pre WW1 Models The Waverley name was used from the outset, and the car described as a distinctive 4-cylinder car of British design with unique suspension. These early cars used Chapuis-Dornier engines. At the 1912 Olympia show they listed two models, the 10 hp and the 12 hp, although both models at the show were the 12 hp, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapuis-Dornier
Chapuis-Dornier was a French manufacturer of proprietary engines for automobiles from 1904 to 1928 in Puteaux near Paris. Between 1919 and 1921 it displayed a prototype automobile, but it was never volume produced.Linz, Schrader: ''Die große Automobil-Enzyklopädie.''Linz, Schrader: ''Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie.''George Nick Georgano (Chefredakteur): ''The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.'' Volume 2: ''G–O.'' Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, , S. 606. (englisch)Georgano: ''Autos. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.'' Engine manufacture Chapuis-Dornier engines were used by cyclecars such as : * Able, * A.S. (Voiturettes Automobiles A.S), * A.S. (Towarzystwo Budowy Samochodów), (article) * Benjamin, * B.N.C. (Bollack Netter and Co), * C.A.R. (Costruzioni Automobili Riuniti), (article) * Classic (Compagnie Générale des Voitures à Paris), (article) *Corre La Licorne, * Delage *Derby, (article) * Doriot, Flandrin & Parant (D.F.P.), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleeve Valve
The sleeve valve is a type of valve mechanism for piston engines, distinct from the usual poppet valve. Sleeve valve engines saw use in a number of pre-World War II luxury cars and in the United States in the Willys-Knight car and light truck. They subsequently fell from use due to advances in poppet-valve technology, including sodium cooling, and the Knight system double sleeve engine's tendency to burn a lot of lubricating oil or to seize due to lack of it. The Scottish Argyll company used its own, much simpler and more efficient, single sleeve system (Burt-McCollum) in its cars, a system which, after extensive development, saw substantial use in British aircraft engines of the 1940s, such as the Napier Sabre, Bristol Hercules, Centaurus, and the promising but never mass-produced Rolls-Royce Crecy, only to be supplanted by the jet engines. Description A sleeve valve takes the form of one or more machined sleeves. It fits between the piston and the cylinder wall in the cylin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coventry Climax
Coventry Climax was a British forklift truck, fire pump, racing, and other specialty engine manufacturer. History Pre WW1 The company was started in 1903 as Lee Stroyer, but two years later, following the departure of Stroyer, it was relocated to Paynes Lane, Coventry, and renamed as Coventry-Simplex by H. Pelham Lee, a former Daimler Company, Daimler employee, who saw a need for competition in the nascent piston engine market. An early user was GWK (car), GWK, who produced over 1,000 light cars with Coventry-Simplex two-cylinder engines between 1911 and 1915. Just before the First world war, First World War, a Coventry-Simplex engine was used by Lionel Martin to power the first Aston Martin car. Ernest Shackleton selected Coventry-Simplex to power the tractors that were to be used in his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914. Hundreds of Coventry-Simplex engines were manufactured during the First World War to be used in generating sets for searchlights. Post WW1 In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlton Carriage Company
The Carlton Carriage Company was a highly respected London coachbuilder that provided bespoke coachwork for some of the finest car makers of the 1920s and 30s. They are best known for their drophead coupes which are archetypal designs of the British Jazz Era. History Carlton Carriage Company was founded in 1924 under the name of the Kelvin Carriage Company and changed its name to Carlton Carriage Co in 1925. The founders had close connections with E&B Hall, Motor Car Industries and the Waverly car company. Carlton began exhibiting at Olympia in 1926. The firm's business offices were in Shepherd Bush, London and their manufacturing operations were originally located at Waldo Works, Waldo Rd. These later moved to Trenmar Gardens Willesden London NW 10. Albert Victor Halsall and William Pearson Biddle were part of the early & talented design / engineering team. William Biddle went on to found the Corinthian Coachwork company in the late 1930s. Carlton Coach during the 1930s was soug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillet
Gillet is a Belgian automobile manufacturer, started in 1992 by former racing driver Tony Gillet. The company produces the Vertigo sports coupé, an ultra-lightweight (990 kg) 'bespoke' and hand-built sportscar. The slogan of the company is "Supercar and work of art Pure Pleasure!". The first Vertigo was powered by a Ford Cosworth 2.0-litre 4-in-line, later evolutions are powered by more powerful engines: the 3.0-litre Alfa Romeo V6 engine and the 4.2-litre Ferrari/Maserati V8 in the Vertigo .5. Company background and design of the Vertigo Tony Gillet was a successful racing driver, winning the Belgian hill-climb championship in 1979 and 1980 and competing in two Dakar Rallies. In 1982 he became the Belgian importer for Donkervoort, a Dutch Lotus Super Seven-styled car. In January 1990 he broke the 0 to record for production cars with a time of 3.85 seconds in a specially modified Donkervoort. The Vertigo held the 0–100 km/h record for production cars at 3.1 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Of England
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Defunct (no longer in use or active) may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required even though it may still be in good working order. It usually happens when something that is more efficient or less risky r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
