Baughan Motors

Baughan Motors was a British manufacturer of cyclecars and motorcycles , which was active from 1920 to 1,936. Between 1920 and 1921 he was based in Harrow (Middlesex) and then moved to Stroud (Gloucestershire) . After the end of motorcycle production, the company operated as an engineering company and manufacturer of plastic parts.

Henry Baughan was an aircraft engineer and raced motorcycle cross-country races. In 1920 he manufactured his first cycle car. It was a four-wheeled model that was powered by a water-cooled Blackburne built -in engine or an air-cooled JAP V2 engine with 998 or 1097 cc. The engine power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a Sturmey-Archer three-speed gearbox with reverse gear and a chain. The chassis had a wheelbase of 2261 mm and the wheels were fitted with quarter-elliptical leaf springs. The light, open structures offered space for two people. Cyclecars appear to have stopped manufacturing in 1925, but new cars were still on sale until 1929. It is not known how many cars were made in total, but at least one has survived to this day.

From 1930 to 1936 a number of motorcycles were produced, which were also produced as ready-made goods with engines from Blackburne or JAP with a displacement of 250–500 cm³. The production numbers are said to have been low.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• Nick Georgano (Ed.): Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . HMSO, London 2000, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. 2001.
3. ^ David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars. Macmillan, London 1974, ISBN 0-333-16689-2 .