Allvelo (Allmänna Velocipedförsäljnings AB) was a company founded by Fritiof Karlström in

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. The company began by importing bicycles, but soon decided to purchase unassembled Waltham Orient buckboards from the

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. These they assembled and sold as All-Velos under the names Allvelo Orient and Allvelo Pansarmobil Sport. All told, probably around 50 were assembled. Most parts other than the steering, axles, and engines were of wood. Each car had a single-cylinder

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engine mounted at the rear, with friction drive.

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s were fitted on the right rear wheel only, and the cars had

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steering.

Other models

Other models assembled included the

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Orel, as Allvelo Orel, and a UK made

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, under the name Allvelo Vulcan. In 1907 they made a prototype

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of their own design, but it never entered into production. At most the company had about 150 employees.

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