The Angus-Sanderson was an
English automobile manufactured from 1919 to 1927 by Sir William Angus, Sanderson & Company Ltd.
History
In concept it was something like the
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and
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; the idea was that one model would be
mass-produced, as
Ford had done so successfully. The car was an assembly of proprietary parts, containing as it had a 2.3-litre side-valve engine from
Tylor, a 3 speed
gearbox and rear axle by
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,
Woodhead springs, and Goodyear wheels. One distinctive feature were disc wheels with a wavy pattern. Indeed, the company made fewer of its own parts than any other British car company at the time. Approximately 3000 cars were produced but the car was expensive at £575.
"It came on the market in 1919 and by 1921 the impact of the Morris at undercut prices killed it off, although not before cars had been supplied to the Princess Royal and to
S.F. Edge."
The company was refinanced as Angus Sanderson (1921) Ltd and moved production from
Birtley,
County Durham
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to the
Grahame-White aircraft factory in
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,
Middlesex in 1921 and toyed with the idea of building a smaller 8 hp car in 1925 but few, if any were built. Neither of these actions nor a price reduction to £365 staved off the inevitable, and the company folded for good in 1927.
[Baldwin, Nick "A-Z of Cars of the 1920s", Bay View Books, Devon 1994. ]
See also
*
List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom
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References
External links
1919 14 hp tourer advertising poster
Vintage vehicles
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England
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