Brown, Paine & Dowland

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The Brown, Paine & Dowland Ltd. was a British manufacturer of cycle cars based in Shoreham-by-Sea (Sussex) . In 1913 the company built a cycle car there called BPD .

The car was powered by a JAP air-cooled V2 engine that delivered 8 bhp (5.9 kW). The engine power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a two-speed gearbox and belt. It is not known if more than one prototype was made.

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  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.