Gray & Harper

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Gray & Harper Pty Ltd
legal form Pty Ltd
founding 1952
resolution 1958
Seat Oakleigh , Melbourne , Australia
management Frank Gray
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Gray & Harper Pty Ltd was an Australian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company from Oakleigh near Melbourne began developing automobiles in 1952 and producing automobiles in 1955. The brand name was Edith . Production ended in 1958. A total of twelve vehicles and four other chassis were built , which the Tilli Motor Company took over.

vehicles

The only model was a mini car with three wheels. The single wheel was in the back. A two-stroke engine from Villiers Ltd with 197 cc displacement was mounted in the rear and drove the rear wheel. The transmission had four gears. The maximum speed was given as 65 km / h and the curb weight with 305 kg. In 1956 the headlights were revised.

Plans for a four-wheeled vehicle were no longer implemented.

A vehicle still exists today.

literature

  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 483. (English)
  • Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 68 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 483. (English)
  2. a b Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 68 (English).