Eastmead & Biggs

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Eastmead & Biggs
legal form
founding 1901
resolution 1904
Seat Frome
management Mr. Eastmead, TJ Biggs
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Eastmead & Biggs was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Mr. Eastmead manufactured elevators in Blackfriars . TJ Biggs designed automobiles. In 1901 they founded the joint company in Frome for the production of automobiles. The brand name was Eastmead-Biggs . Production ended in 1904 when Biggs moved to the Raleigh Cycle Company . A total of three vehicles were built.

vehicles

The first vehicle received a built-in engine from Simms Manufacturing . The engine developed 3.5 hp . The vehicle was destroyed in a fire.

The second vehicle again had a Simms engine, but with an output of 8 hp. The gearbox came from a manufacturer in France .

The third vehicle had a two-cylinder engine of Aster 8 HP. The transmission, rear axle and body also came from France. This vehicle was in use for years.

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)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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.