The Abbey was a short-lived

friction drive A friction drive or friction engine is a type of transmission that utilises two wheels in the transmission to transfer power from the engine to the driving wheels. The system is naturally a continuously variable transmission; by moving the two ...

car assembled by the Abbey Auto Engineering Co. Ltd in

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, England. It used a 10.8 hp 1498 cc Coventry-Simplex engine. It was built in 1922 only and cost £315. It also had

Marles steering gear Marles steering gear was an hour-glass-and-roller steering gear for mechanically propelled vehicles invented by British inventor and businessman Henry Marles (1871-1955) who also gave his name to his joint-venture Ransome & Marles a major British ba ...

and friction drive. The two-seater model sold for £315. Very few seem to have been made. After 1922 the car may have been sold as the Lewis.

References

* Georgano, G.N., "A.A.G.", in G.N. Georgano, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885-1968 (New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1974), pp. 24. Vintage vehicles Vehicle manufacture in London Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England {{Vintage-auto-stub

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