Bonallack & Sons

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Bonallack & Sons Ltd. was a British company and briefly made automobiles .

Company history

The London company originally manufactured bodies for commercial vehicles. In 1951 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Bonallack . Production ended in 1952. In total, only a few copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the Minnow , a tricycle with a single rear wheel. The front wheels were individually suspended and the engine was mounted behind the seats in front of the rear wheel. First, a drive cylinder engine of Villiers with 200 cc engine capacity of the vehicle, which, however, proved to be too weak. Therefore, there was later a two-cylinder two - stroke engine from Excelsior with 10 HP (7.5 kW). The open body was made of aluminum and offered space for two people next to each other. There was only one headlight at the front. The wheels were only 6 inches .

The original price is 300 pounds as the base price and 468 pounds including tax. Two vehicles with British license plates EAN 363 and DJD 555 are shown. One vehicle still exists.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Minnow.
  • 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. 179. (English)
  • Walter Drawer: Small Cars International. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-613-01959-6 , pp. 183-184.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Minnow.
  2. ^ A b 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. 179. (English)
  3. ^ A b c d Walter draftsman: Small car international. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-613-01959-6 , pp. 183-184.