Argyll Motors

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Argyll emblem
Argyll 8 HP Rear-entrance tonneau 1902
Argyll 1903
Argyll 1908

Argyll was a British car brand.

Company history

The company Hozier Engineering Co Limited began in 1899 in Bridgeton in Glasgow with the production of automobiles . In 1905 the company was renamed Argyll Motors Limited . In 1906 the company moved to Alexandria and in 1914 it moved back to Bridgeton.

Production was stopped in 1928.

vehicles

model construction time cylinder Cubic capacity cm³
2 ¾ HP 1900 1 318
5 HP 1900-1901 1 864
6 HP 1902 1 950
10 HP 1903 2 1244
14 HP 1903-1905 3 2294
9 HP 1904 1 942
10 HP 1904 2 1105
10 HP 1904 2 1459
12/14 HP 1905-1907 4th 2438
10/12 HP 1905-1907 2 1985
16 HP 1905 4th 3163
14/16 HP 1905-1910 4th 3053
16/20 HP 1905-1908 4th 3686
26/30 HP 1906-1907 4th 4849
40 HP 1908-1909 4th 6333
12/14 HP 1909-1910 4th 2212
10 HP 1910-1911 2 1781
30 HP 1910-1911 6th 5344
15 HP 1910-1912 4th 2413
20 HP 1910-1912 4th 3563
12 HP 1911-1912 4th 1955
25 HP 1912 4th 4084
12/18 HP 1913-1914 4th 1955
15/30 HP 1913-1915 4th 2614
25/50 HP 1913-1915 4th 4084
12/18 HP Camp 1914 4th 4084
14 HP 1915 4th 2120
15.9 HP 1920-1922 4th 2614
12 HP 1922 4th 1496
12 HP 1922 4th 1496
12/40 HP 1922-1927 4th 1631
18/50 HP 1922 6th 2396

Several vehicles of this brand can be seen in the Museum of Transport in Glasgow.

Administration building in Alexandria

Administration building

Before moving to Alexandria, factories were built at the new location. The architecture firm Halley & Neil was entrusted with the planning of the main building along Main Street . An elongated structure with baroque details was built between 1905 and 1906. The symmetrical building is made of red sandstone . The central entrance area is crowned by an architrave supported by marble columns. A tower with a clock and domed roof rises above it. The central part of the building is joined by elongated, two-story wings on both sides. The twin windows to be found there are arranged on nine vertical axes each. In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5
  • GN Georgano : cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 (English)

Web links

Commons : Argyll Motors  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .