Alvechurch Light Car

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Alvechurch Light Car Company
legal form
founding 1911
resolution 1911
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Alvechurch , UK
management Dunkley family
Branch Automobiles

The Alvechurch Light Car Company was a British company.

Company history

The Dunkley family, who already ran the Dunkley Car Company , founded the company in 1911. The seat was in Alvechurch near Birmingham . In the same year the production of automobiles began . The brand name was Alvechurch . The success in the market was low. Two vehicles were built up to the end of production in 1911. One source suggests the failure led to the company's bankruptcy .

vehicles

The only model was a cycle car. A V-2 engine of Matchless 8 hp (5.9 kW) drive to the vehicle. The engine was air-cooled . The power was transmitted by means of a belt drive.

literature

  • 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. 42. (English)
  • George Nick Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. 3. Edition. Dutton Verlag, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 , p. 39. (English)
  • George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975, p. 84. (French)
  • Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X , p. 17. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d George Nick Georgano (editor-in-chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 42. (English)
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. 3. Edition. Dutton Verlag, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 , p. 39. (English)
  3. ^ A b George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975, p. 84. (French)
  4. ↑ a b Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X , p. 17. (English)