CFB Car Syndicate

The CFB Car Syndicate Ltd. was a British manufacturer of cycle cars based in Upper Norwood , London . CFB stood for the company's founder, Charles Frederick Beauvais , who also later, the Bow-V-Car built and then the wheelwright New Avon Body Company joined, also bodies for Standard , Crossley Motors and others built.

From 1920 to 1921 the CFB was built there , a four-wheeled cycle car, of which only a few were made. The air-cooled V2 engine from Precision had an output of 9 bhp (6.6 kW) and was connected to a friction gear, the transmission ratio of which could be adjusted continuously by moving the output gear on the cone. The engine power was transmitted via helical spur gears to an auxiliary shaft and from there to the rear axle with a belt. The weight was 305 kg.

literature

• Nick Baldwin: A – Z of Cars of the 1920s. Herridge & Sons, Beaworthy 2010, ISBN 978-1-906133-24-5 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ N. Georgano: Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. HMSO, London 2000, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 .
2. ^ N. Baldwin: AZ of Cars of the 1920s. Bay View Books, Devon 1994, ISBN 1-870979-53-2 .
3. ^ N. Baldwin: AZ of Cars of the 1920s. 1994.