The Pick Motor Company Limited of Stamford,

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was a British motor vehicle manufacturer that flourished between 1899 and 1925. It also traded briefly under the name New Pick Motor Company. Pick Emblem square and trim

Origin

Founder John (Jack) Henry Pick (1857–1954) was a

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. He had experience of working with

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, a Stamford

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maker which had begun to make oil engines. Jack Pick became a bicycle dealer before he started to make cars in 1898.Michael Key, ''Pick of Stamford: History of the Pick Motor Company'', Paul Watkins Publishing, Stamford, 1994

Vehicles

:included: * 1898 dogcart * 1900 rear-engined 2-seater * 1901 4 hp front-engined (as illustrated) * 1903 6 hp 2-cylinder boxer engine (as illustrated) * 1903 10 hp 2-cylinder 1432 c.c. (as illustrated) * 1908 12/14 hp 4-cylinder 2957 c.c. * 1909 14/16 hp with either 2532 c.c. or 3232 c.c. * 1912 16/18 hp 3601 c.c. * 1913 20 hp 3601 c.c. * 1923 22½ hp 3601 c.c.

Premises

A factory was built in Blackfriars Street in the centre of Stamford in 1903 but disagreements with investors led to its sale to a printing firm. A new works was established on High Street St Martin's Stamford. Built in one of Britain's most elegant Georgian streets it was a former coachmaker's shop vacated by Pick & Co in 1925.Michael Stratton and Barrie Trinder, ''20th Century Industrial Archaeology'', Spon, London, 2000 By the end of the 20th century, St Martin's Garage is now an antiques centre.

Exports

Pick cars are known to exist in Australia and there are records of six surviving cars in New Zealand.

Greengrocer

After closing the motor business Pick traded as a

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from 11 High Street where he had also once made cars.

National news item, National Insurance — pay and conditions

References

External links

1901 4 hp voiturette

registration documents and image of car
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