Wilson-Pilcher

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Wilson-Pilcher from 1904

Wilson-Pilcher is a former British car brand.

Company history

The company Wilson and Pilcher began in 1901 in London with the production of automobiles. In 1904 it was taken over by Sir WG Armstrong-Whitworth & Co., Limited and the company headquarters relocated to Newcastle upon Tyne .

In 1907 production was stopped.

vehicles

At first there was the 9 HP model with a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2400 cm³ . In 1903 the 12/16 HP model followed with a displacement of 2694 cm³. In 1904 the six-cylinder model 18/24 HP with 4041 cm³ displacement was added.

A vehicle of this make can be viewed at the Coventry Transport Museum in Coventry .

literature

  • GN Georgano : cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895–1975 , Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester (1997), ISBN 1-874105-93-6 (English)

Web links

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