Gordon Armstrong East Riding Garage

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Gordon Cyclecar from 1914

The Gordon Armstrong East Riding Garage was a British automobile manufacturer based in Beverley (Yorkshire) from 1909 to 1916 . The parent company was the Armstrong Patents Company , which still produces shock absorbers for cars today. Gordon Armstrong was the founder of both companies . Prototypes were made from 1909.

In 1912 the first series model of the cycle car was presented, the Gordon 8 hp . It was equipped with an air-cooled V2 engine with a displacement of 1.1 l. The wheelbase was 2438 mm.

In 1914, this first model was replaced by the Gordon 9 hp with the same engine, but reduced wheelbase to 2286 mm. It was accompanied by the Gordon 10 hp small car , which combined the wheelbase of the 8 hp with a larger engine with a displacement of 1.35 l. Later the 9 hp with the large wheelbase was also available and was water-cooled.

In 1915 another Gordon 10 hp appeared , which was equipped with a water-cooled four-cylinder in-line engine with a displacement of 1.1 l. Both wheelbases were available.

The First World War ended production in 1916. It was no longer opened after the war.

Models

model Construction period cylinder Displacement wheelbase
8 hp 1912-1913 2 V 1074 cc 2438 mm
9 hp 1914-1915 2 V 1074 cc 2286-2438 mm
10 hp 1914-1915 2 V 1357 cc 2438 mm
10 hp 1915-1916 4 row 1074 cc 2286-2438 mm

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • Nick Georgano : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 2 G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English).
  • David Culshaw & Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895–1975 . Veloce Publishing plc. Dorchester (1999). ISBN 1-874105-93-6 .

Web links

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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. ^ The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. 2001.