Dunkley Car

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Dunkley Car Company
legal form
founding 1896
resolution 1924
Seat Birmingham
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Dunkley Car Company was a British manufacturer of strollers , which at times also made automobiles .

Company history

The Birmingham-based company began producing automobiles in 1896. The brand name was Dunkley . Production ended in 1924. In addition, the Alvechurch was made at Dunkley in 1912 .

vehicles

The first vehicle from 1896 had a small front wheel, two large wheels in the center of the vehicle and a small rear wheel. The motor was mounted in the middle and drove the middle axle. The wicker body was designed as dos-à-dos . The vehicle could be steered from both the front and the rear seat. However, the brake could only be operated from the rear seat.

In addition, some three-wheelers were created in the style of vehicles for the disabled.

In 1901 the next four-wheeled vehicle appeared, which now had the usual wheel arrangement. It offered two seats in a row.

In 1915, Dunkley manufactured motorized tricycles for which no further data is available.

The last motor vehicles were built between 1922 and 1924. The Pramotor model was again unusually designed. A kind of scooter without a front wheel formed the rear of the vehicle. Any body could be assembled beforehand. As a rule, these were prams, but at least a closed coupé was created . The available engines with 1 hp and 2.75 hp were weak. Both the high price of £ 141.75 and the ban on motor vehicles on sidewalks made the model unsuccessful.

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 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 . (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Culshaw: The Complete Catalog of British Cars.
  2. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.