Brit Engineering Works

Hunt's Steam Sawmills & Carriage Accessories E.A. Chard & Company Brit Engineering Works Ltd
legal form	Limited
founding	1902
resolution	1963
Seat	Bridport
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Brit Engineering Works , previously Hunt's Steam Sawmills & Carriage Accessories and EA Chard & Company , was a British manufacturer of marine engines and automobiles .

Company history

John Hunt had already experimented with machines in Bedminster . In 1902 he founded in Bridport , the company Hunt's Steam Sawmills & Carriage Accessories and began the production of automobiles. The brand name was Brit . Boat engines were added later. In 1903 the name was changed to EA Chard & Company. In 1905 automobile production ended. Since 1935 at the latest, the company name was Brit Engineering Works Ltd. The production of boat engines continued until 1963.

vehicles

The first model was based on a model from Daimler. Hunt installed a self-developed two-cylinder engine and a larger radiator . He also changed the steering. Later he offered self-developed vehicles.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• 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 . (English)

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.