Gibbons & Moore

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Gibbons and Moore was a British manufacturer of cyclecars , in Chadwell Heath (Essex) was established. The first four-wheeled gibbons were made in 1914, but series production didn't start until 1917. The 1920 model already had the designation Mark III . Production was stopped in 1929.

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The car had an air-cooled engine mounted outside the body on the front right. The first car had a simple body with two seats next to each other and a single cylinder four-stroke engine from JAP with 4 bhp (2.9 kW). The following models had different engines, including V2 units. The motor drove an intermediate shaft that was mounted across the car. This intermediate shaft was connected to each of the two rear wheels by belts, the pulleys having different diameters and being able to be connected to the intermediate shaft by couplings. Braking was done with blocks on these pulleys.

The bodies were made of plywood, and there were both side-by-side and tandem seating arrangements. The latter version was called the “sports model” and offered space for an adult at the front and a child at the back.

A Mark IV was also advertised, which should be lighter than the Mark III. It had no doors and was powered by a two-stroke engine.

For a while, the car could also be bought as a kit car , with construction plans included. It said “Available for 5 shillings with machined or unmachined parts”.

A four-seat model, the 10/25 hp with a Blackburne V2 engine, was offered in 1925. A chain drive replaced the belt arrangement, and there was a three-speed reverse gear from Sturmey-Archer . The rear wheels were equipped with drum brakes. The lighting remained with acetylene, with the headlights costing an extra charge. But the car had a full-length retractable roof and a rear window for weather protection.

The exact production figures are not known, but contemporary advertising leaflets indicate that more than 1,000 copies were made. Most of the cars were manufactured in 1921–1926, but vehicles were still offered in 1929, which were then made “on customer request”.

Today only one surviving specimen is known.

Models (selection)

model Construction period cylinder Displacement wheelbase track length Weight
4½ hp 1924-1925 1 549 cc 2083 mm 965 mm 2692 mm
5/7 hp 1924-1925 2 V 690 cc 2032 mm 1168 mm 2845 mm
9/25 hp / 10/25 hp 1926-1929 2 V 1099 cc 2642 mm 1168 mm 3454 mm 203 kg (chassis only)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b N. Georgano: Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. HMSO, London 2000, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 .
  2. ↑ a b c Michael Worthington-Williams: Plain and Simple. In: The Automobile. November 1999, ISSN  0955-1328
  3. ^ A b N. Baldwin: A – Z of Cars of the 1920s. Bay View Books, Devon 1994, ISBN 1-870979-53-2 .
  4. ^ David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 .