Cockerell Vehicle Works

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Cockerell Fahrzeugwerke AG
legal form Corporation
founding 1919
resolution 1924 or 1925
Seat Nuremberg , Germany
management Fritz Cockerell
Branch Motorcycles , automobiles

Cockerell motorcycle from 1922
Motorcycle in PS memory

The Cockerell Fahrzeugwerke AG was a German manufacturer of motorcycles and automobiles . Other sources give the company names Cockerell Fahrzeug- und Maschinenfabrik , Friedrich Cockerell, Fahrzeugmotorenbau , Cockerell Fahrzeug- und Motorenwerke GmbH and Cockerell-Fahrzeug- und Motorenwerke AG .

Company history

Fritz Cockerell began producing motorcycles in 1919 at Gunzenrainerstraße 6 in Munich . The company name was initially Friedrich Cockerell, vehicle engine construction . The company was later called Cockerell Fahrzeug- und Motorenwerke GmbH . The seat was first at Schwanthaler Strasse 5 in Munich and later at Siegfriedstrasse 17 in Nuremberg . Deviating from this, the company names Cockerell Fahrzeugwerke AG and Cockerell Fahrzeug- und Maschinenfabrik have been handed down. In 1924, automobiles added to the range. The company was dissolved in 1924 or 1925. One source states that Abako took over the company. Production by Fritz Cockerell only ended in 1927.

Automobiles

In 1924 the first model to appear was an open two-seater. For driving a saw four-cylinder - two-stroke engine with either 800 cc engine capacity or 905 cc. In 1926 a model followed with a two-cylinder two- stroke engine and a displacement of 1056 cm³. The specialty was the front-wheel drive . One of these two-cylinder models later received a six-cylinder engine with 1086 cm³ displacement and was used with some success in car races. There were also plans for an eight-cylinder two-stroke engine .

Cockmobile

The cockmobile was a tricycle with the single wheel in the front. The engine drove the front wheel. Five copies of the Cockmobil were made.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Cockerell; Gockerell.
  • 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. 321. (English)
  • Roger Hicks: The International Encyclopedia. Motorcycles. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-613-02660-5 , pp. 132-133.
  • Erwin Tragatsch: All motorcycles. 1894 until today. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-87943-410-7 , pp. 95-96.
  • S. Ewald: Encyclopedia of the motorcycle. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1999, ISBN 3-8289-5364-6 , p. 116.

Web links

Commons : Cockerell Fahrzeugwerke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Cockerell; Gockerell.
  2. ↑ a b c S. Ewald (editor): Encyclopedia of the motorcycle. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1999, ISBN 3-8289-5364-6 , p. 116.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g ErwinTragatsch: All motorcycles. 1894 until today. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-87943-410-7 , pp. 95-96.
  4. ↑ Michael Wolff Metternich : 100 years on 3 wheels. German three-lane vehicles through the ages. Neue Kunst Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-929956-00-4 , pp. 72–73.
  5. ^ A b c Roger Hicks: The international encyclopedia. Motorcycles. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-613-02660-5 , pp. 132-133.
  6. ^ A b c d e George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 321. (English)
  7. ↑ a b c Internet page about Cockerell with an advertisement of the Cockmobil (accessed on October 19, 2012)