Crompton Engineering Company

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Crompton Engineering Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1914
Seat Hendon , London
management TD Crompton
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Crompton Engineering Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

TD Crompton founded the company in the London borough of Hendon in 1914 and began producing automobiles. The brand names were Crompton and TDC . Production ended in the same year.

vehicles

The only two models were cyclecars . A V2 engine from JAP with either 5/6 bhp or 8 bhp (5.9 kW) provided the drive . The bodies were made of steel and offered space for one or two people.

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 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
  • George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing plc., Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.