British Anzani Motor Company
| British Anzani Motor Company | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Company |
| founding | 1912 |
| resolution | 1980 |
| Reason for dissolution | insolvency |
| Seat | Willesden ( London ), United Kingdom |
| Branch | Engine manufacturers, tractor manufacturers |
The British Anzani Motor Company was a subsidiary of the French engine manufacturer Anzani Moteurs d'Aviation , which was founded on November 20, 1912 in Scrubs Lane in Willesden ( London ). The main shareholder was General Aviation Contractors , a company founded in 1911 by Ridley Prentice for the purpose of selling engines to the British aviation industry. Initially, British Anzani was just an "extended workbench" for the construction of aircraft engines , the engine construction for the United Kingdom was taken over by Coventry Ordnance Works Ltd, a defense technology manufacturer in Coventry , the distribution by General Aviation Contractors.
In the 1920s, the company was given new capital and traded as the British Vulpine Engine Company and later again as the British Anzani Engineering Company . The focus was on building small engines, as well as engines for automobiles and motorcycles.
The company supplied AC Cars with a side-controlled four - cylinder engine with 1496 cm³ displacement (from which the well-known AC 2-liter engine later emerged), Frazer-Nash also with a four-cylinder engine of the same size (later with a compressor), and the Morgan Motor Company with a V-engine and Squire with the R1 twin cam engine. Berkeley Cars also used a British Anzani motorcycle engine for its first B60 Sports model . The company's best-known products were motorcycle engines , lawnmower engines and outboard engines for boats. The motorcycle manufacturers Cotton and Greeves also use two-stroke engines from British Anzani.
The company later expanded its product range. In the years after the Second World War , the most important product was the “Iron Horse”, a two-wheel tractor . Later there was also a four-wheel version with the driver sitting in front. The company became the British Anzani Group until it was liquidated in 1980.
The British Anzani trademark was re-registered in 2003 and the associated company in 2006. The company supplies spare parts for classic vehicles through Dolphin Engines in Launceston, Cornwall, and plans to return to the parts business for the auto, boat and transportation industries. The products are designed by Bo Zolland .
