Abbey Auto Engineering

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Abbey Auto Engineering Co. Ltd.
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founding 1922
resolution 1922
Seat Westminster (London) , United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Branch Automobiles

The Abbey Auto Engineering Co. Ltd. was a British automobile manufacturer.

Company history

The company was based in Westminster (London) near Westminster Abbey . In February 1922 the production of passenger cars began , which ended again in the same year. The brand name was Abbey .

vehicles

The only Model Ten was a conventional light car. The friction or friction gear was a special feature. A four-cylinder in-line engine from Coventry-Simplex with a displacement of 1498 cm³ and 10.8 RAC Horsepower propelled the vehicles. The steering came from the Marles company. The only body variant was that of a two-seater roadster with a mother-in-law seat . The selling price was £ 315 .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Abbey.
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 4. (English)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 . (English)
  • George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Abbey.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 4. (English)
  3. ^ The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885 to the Present. 3. Edition. George Rainbird, 1982, ISBN 0-85223-234-9 , p. 24.