Galloway Motors

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Galloway was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company Galloway Motors Limited was founded in 1921 by Arrol-Johnston in Tongland in Scotland established for the production of automobiles. In 1923 the company moved to Heathhall near Dumfries . Production ended in 1928.

vehicles

The first model was the 10/20 HP . At first it was equipped with a four-cylinder engine with 1460 cm³ displacement and 20 hp . Between 1923 and 1925 the displacement was 1528 cm³. In 1924 the 12/20 HP model followed with a displacement of 1669 cm³, which was replaced in 1927 by the 12/30 HP with the same engine.

Vehicles of this brand can be seen in the Museum of Transport in Glasgow and in the Seppenbauer Automuseum in Sankt Salvator .

  • Galloway 10/20 HP from 1923

  • Galloway from 1924

  • Galloway from 1924

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 , Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester (1997), ISBN 1-874105-93-6 (English)

Web links

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