AW Wall

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AW Wall Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1903
resolution 1915
Seat Tyseley near Birmingham
management Arthur William Wall
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Autowheel from 1914

AW Wall Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Arthur William Wall founded the company in Guildford in 1903 to manufacture motorcycles , which were branded Roc . One of the partners was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . Automobile construction began in 1911. The brand names were Roc , Walcycar and Wall . From 1904 the location was in Birmingham and later in Hay Mills . The last location was Tyseley near Birmingham. Production ended in 1915.

Automobiles

The company manufactured small cars and cycle cars.

Brand names Roc and Wall

These were small cars with three wheels. The single wheel was in the front. The engine was mounted behind the front wheel and drove the rear axle via a cardan shaft . There was a choice between a single cylinder engine with 4-5 hp and a V2 engine from Precision . The new price was £ 94.50 and £ 101.85, depending on the engine .

Brand name Walcycar

This was a four-wheeled cycle car . A V2 engine from JAP with 8 HP power drove the rear axle via a cardan shaft. The price was £ 99.75.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
  • 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

Commons : AW Wall  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.