The Ales was designed by engineer
Junya Toyokawa
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* Junya Enoki
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Atomic Monkey.
Biography
Enoki was born in Tokyo. He b ...
, inventor of gyro-compasses for aircraft and boat control, and produced by
Hakuyosha Ironworks Ltd, Tokyo, in 1921. The development of the two Ales experimental touring cars led to the production of the commercially sold 1924
Otomo Otomo or Ōtomo may refer to:
People
* Ōtomo Chikaie (1561–1641), daimyō
* Ōtomo Chikasada (died 1570), samurai
* Ōtomo no Kuronushi (9th century), poet
* Ōtomo no Otomaro (731–809), samurai
* Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume (c. 700–750 ...
. One was powered by a water-cooled, four-cylinder side-valve engine displacing 1610 cc, the other an air-cooled four-cylinder engine producing 780 cc.
References
^Bill Emery, "Ales", in
G.N. Georgano, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885-1968 (New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1974), pp. 33.
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