Express Auto Company
| Express Auto Company Limited | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1931 or earlier |
| resolution | 1938 or later |
| Seat | Dublin , Ireland |
| management | JJ Reddy |
| Branch | Automobiles |
Express Car Company was an assembly plant for motor vehicles and thus part of the automotive industry in Ireland .
Company history
The Dublin company is first mentioned in 1931. As a car dealership, it initially sold MG vehicles . From 1934 to 1938 it assembled complete automobiles. The parts came from Armstrong Siddeley and MG. In 1936 JJ Reddy ran the company. After 1938 the track of the company is lost.
vehicles
Armstrong Siddeley vehicles were built between 1934 and 1937. The model is named 17 hp . No figures have survived for 1934 and 1935. 29 vehicles of this brand were registered in Ireland in 1936 and two more in 1937. Production in 1938 is at least possible. After the Second World War , the Dublin Motor Company sold imported vehicles of this brand in Ireland.
MG vehicles were assembled between 1936 and 1938. In 1936 three MG were registered in Ireland. In the following year the number rose to nine. No data are known for 1938. One of the vehicles assembled in Ireland still exists. From 1938, Booth Bros. assembled MG vehicles.
literature
- Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).