GWK

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Logo of GWK Ltd.
GWK from 1921
"Rolling Chassis" of a GWK before 1919
The friction gear on the rear axle

GWK was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company GWK Limited began in 1911 Datchet in Windsor and Maidenhead in the production of automobiles. In 1914 it moved to Maidenhead . Production ended in 1931. GWK stands for the founders Arthur G rice, J. Talfourd W ood and CM K eiller.

vehicles

Produced cyclecars and small cars. The first 8 HP model was available until 1918. It was equipped with a two-cylinder engine from Coventry Climax with a displacement of 1069 cm³ and weighed 292 kg. The successor model 10.8 HP from 1919 to 1923 had a four-cylinder engine from Coventry Climax with 1368 cm³ displacement and 22 HP power. In 1922 there was also the 9.2 HP with a two-cylinder engine and 1069 cm³ displacement. Between 1923 and 1926 the 11.8 HP with a four-cylinder engine and 1496 cc displacement was offered. In 1927 another 10.8 HP appeared with a 1368 cm³ displacement. The last model G 7 from 1931 was the smallest model, it was equipped with a two-cylinder engine with 748 cm³ displacement in the rear. GWK also used continuously variable friction gears in its vehicles.

A vehicle of this make can be seen at the Bentley Wildfowl & Motor Museum in Halland , East Sussex .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5 .
  • GN Georgano : cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars. 1895-1975. New edition. Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 (English).

Web links

Commons : GWK  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Culshaw and Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975