Abingdon Works

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Coxeter & Sons
Abingdon Ecco Ltd.
Abingdon Works Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1903
resolution 1925
Seat Tyseley , United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Branch Motorcycles , automobiles

The Abington Works Ltd. , previously Coxeter & Sons and Abingdon Ecco Ltd. , was a British motorcycle and automobile manufacturer.

Abingdon-Ecco Ltd shares dated February 10, 1914

Company history

The company was founded in Abingdon, Berkshire in 1903 as Coxeter & Sons . The production of motorcycles began. The brand name was Abingdon . The name was later changed to Abingdon Ecco Ltd. and Abingdon Works Ltd. and the move to Tyseley near Birmingham . Automobiles were also part of the range between 1922 and 1923 . Twelve of these were made. Production ended in 1925. Abingdon King Dick continued the production of the motorcycles as AKD until 1933.

vehicles

motorcycles

Automobiles

The Abington was made up, i. i.e. assembled exclusively from parts from other manufacturers. It was an open touring car , with a four-cylinder - inline engine of Dorman equipped. The displacement of the side-controlled engine was 1496 cm³.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Abingdon (II).
  • 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. 6. (English)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 .
  • Erwin Tragatsch : All motorcycles. 1894 until today. A history of types, 2500 brands from 30 countries . Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-87943-410-7 , pp. 10 and 21.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Erwin Tragatsch: All motorcycles. 1894 until today. A history of types, 2500 brands from 30 countries . Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-87943-410-7 , pp. 10 and 21.
  2. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Abingdon (II).
  3. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 6. (English)