Amazon Cars

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The Amazon Cars Ltd. was a British manufacturer of cycle cars in London . They made the Amazon from 1921 to 1922 .

The small car had an air-cooled rear engine from Coventry-Victor with 9 bhp (6.6 kW) power. The engine power was passed on to the rear wheels via a three-speed gearbox from Juckes and chain drive. To give it a more conventional look, the two-seater was fitted with a dummy radiator at the front. Selling price was £ 235. Weight was 343 kg.

literature

  • Georgano, GN: The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885-1968 , EP Dutton and Co., New York (1974), p. 40.
  • Nick Baldwin: A – Z of Cars of the 1920s. Herridge & Sons Ltd, Beaworthy 2010, ISBN 978-1-906133-24-5 (English)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AZ of Cars of the 1920s.