George Innes & Co.

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George Innes & Co. was an Australian manufacturer of bicycles and automobiles .

Company history

George Innes, who was from Tasmania , founded the company in Sydney . At first he made bicycles. In 1903 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Innes . Automobile production ended in 1906.

George Innes and Charles Innes founded the Lincoln Motor Co. in Sydney after the First World War , although it is unclear whether it was the same Charles Innes.

vehicles

One source cites a model with a single cylinder engine and a model with a four cylinder engine , which engines were made in Australia.

Another source gives a connection to an unknown French manufacturer. The engines came from De Dion-Bouton . The 9 HP had a two-cylinder engine with 1770 cm³ displacement and weighed 763 kg. The 19 HP had a four-cylinder engine with 3770 cc and weighed 1155 kg. Both models had a three-speed transmission.

Racing

HR Arnott bought two vehicles and used them successfully on the Dunlop Reliability Trail in 1905 .

literature

  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 755. (English)
  • Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 27 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 755. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 27 (English).