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  • Academy (1906-1908)

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    Academy Car History Coventry 1906 to 1908 The Academy was an English dual-control car built by West of Coventry between 1906 and 1908. The cars had a 14 hp 4-cylinder engine by White and Poppe. It was mainly sold to The Motor Academy in London, an early driving school who were probably the first to ...

  • Arden (1912-1916)

    Arden (1912-1916)

    Arden Car History 1912 to 1916 in Balsall Heath, Coventry Great Britain The Arden was a British automobile manufactured from 1912 to 1916 in Balsall Heath, Coventry. Starting out as a light and somewhat crude cyclecar, by the time production finished four years later, it had grown into a well-made ...

  • Armstrong Siddeley History

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    Armstrong Siddeley History

    Armstrong Siddeley Car History Great Britain Industry Motor cars Aircraft engines Light engineering Fate Merged with Hawker Aircraft (1935) Merged with Bristol Aero Engines (1960) became Bristol Siddeley Merged with Rolls-Royce (1966) Successor(s) Armstrong Siddeley Owners Club Ltd Founded 1919 Def ...

  • BSA History (1907-1940)

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    BSA History (1907-1940)

    BSA cars History (1907-1940) BSA cars were manufactured between 1907 and 1912 in Birmingham then until 1939 in Coventry as well as Birmingham, England. BSA had established a motor-car department in an unsuccessful effort to make use of the Sparkbrook Birmingham factory. An independent part of the s ...

  • Coventry Climax History

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    Coventry Climax History

    Coventry-Simplex Climax History 1903 to 1986 Former type Limited company Industry Speciality machinery and engine manufacture Fate Purchased by Jaguar Cars, businesses merged by British Leyland or divested Predecessors Coventry-Simplex Successors Kalmar Climax (forklift business) Founded 1903 Defun ...

  • Coventry Motor Co (1898-1903)

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    Coventry Motor Co (1898-1903)

    The Coventry Motor Company history Coventry Motette The Coventry Motor Company or CMC was a Coventry motor vehicle manufacturer established in early 1896 by H J Lawson's secretary Charles McRobie Turrell (1875-1923) as a subsidiary of Lawson's British Motor Syndicate. It operated from the former co ...

  • Coventry Premier (1912-1923)

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    Coventry Premier (1912-1923)

    Coventry Premier car history Coventry UK from 1912 to 1923 The Coventry Premier was a British car and cyclecar manufacturer based in Coventry from 1912 to 1923. The company can trace its origins back to 1876 when the Hillman and Herbert company was founded as bicycle makers. William Hillman went on ...

  • Humber History (1898-1976)

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    Humber History (1898-1976)

    Humber Car manufacturer History Coventry.Great Britain Industry Automotive industry Fate Merged Successor(s) Rootes Group Founded 1868 Defunct 1931 Headquarters Coventry, England Products Automobiles Subsidiaries 1929–1931 Hillman Motor Car Company Humber is a dormant British automobile marque whic ...

  • Premier Cycle Co (1912)

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    Premier Cycle Co (1912)

    Premier Cycle Co (1912) Coventry UK from 1898 later renamed the New Premier Cycle Co. In 1912 the Premier Cycle Car was offerd with a air cooled twin 85x 85mm ,Bosh high tension magento ignition,chain driven transmission,with two speed & reverse gearbox. price a affordable 100 guineas Dimensions . ...

  • Siddeley-Deasy (1906-1919)

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    Siddeley-Deasy (1906-1919)

    Siddeley Deasy History (1906) Motor Manufacturing Company Ltd . A 1913 Siddeley Deasy car The Siddeley Deasy Motor Manufacturing Company Ltd . based in Coventry was a British manufacturer of automobiles, airplanes and engines. The company has existed since 1906. 1919 was combined with the vehicle a ...

  • Singer history (1901)

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    Singer history (1901)

    Singer Motors Car manufacturer Founded Coventry Great Britain (1901) Former type Private Industry Automobile industry Motorcycle until 1915 Bicycle industry until 1915 Fate Taken over Successor(s) Rootes Group Founded 1875 Founder(s) George Singer Defunct 1970 Headquarters Coventry, United Kingdom ...

  • SS Cars History

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    SS Cars History

    SS Cars Ltd History (jaguar) (1934-1945) Fate Renamed to Jaguar Cars Ltd Successor(s) Jaguar Cars Founded 1934 Defunct 1945 Headquarters Coventry, England SS Cars Ltd was a British car maker. It grew out of the Swallow Sidecar Company and was first registered under the new name in 1934. Some conjec ...

  • Swallow Sidecar History (1922-1961)

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    Swallow Sidecar History (1922-1961)

    Swallow Sidecar Company history 1931 Austin 7 Swallow saloon Also see SS cars. The Swallow Sidecar Company was founded on 4 September 1922 by two friends, William Walmsley and William Lyons . Both families lived in the same street in Blackpool, England. Walmsley had previously been making sidecars ...

  • Triumph History

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    Triumph History

    Triumph Cars History Fate Taken over by Standard Motor Company later merged with and continuing as a division of Leyland Motors Ltd and its successors Founded 1885 Defunct 1984 Headquarters Coventry, England Key people Siegfried Bettmann, Moritz (Maurice) Schulte (founders) Parent Standard Motors L ...

  • White and Poppe Engines

    White and Poppe Engines

    White and Poppe History Car Engine and carburettor manufacturer 1903-1922 White and Poppe was a Coventry based proprietary engine and gearbox manufacturer established in 1899 by Alfred James White and Peter August Poppe The company initially worked on the design of a single cylinder engine but this ...