Hilton Pacey Motors

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Hilton Pacey Motors (sometimes also: Hilton-Peacey Motors ) was a British manufacturer of cycle cars , which was based in Woking (Surrey) from 1926 to 1928 . In addition to the founders Hilton Skinner and Bob Peacey , the company had two employees. The three-wheeled vehicles produced there were given the name HP .

Most vehicles were equipped with a 500 cc air-cooled single cylinder engine from JAP , but one vehicle had a larger 600 cc version, two a 500 cc single cylinder two-stroke engine from Dunelt and three 500 cc ohc single cylinder engines from Vulpine . The engine power was transmitted through a chain to a Sturmey-Archer three-speed gearbox and from there through another long chain to the individual rear wheel. Many parts, including the front axle, were bought by Blériot-Whippet , who had previously ceased operations. Hilton Pacey Motors also offered spare parts for the Blériot Whippet cycle car.

The two-seater, open superstructures were made of plywood covered with fabric. The chassis was made of laminated ash and the front axle was suspended on quarter-elliptical leaf springs. To simplify the chassis, the individual rear wheel was unsprung.

A total of around 40 automobiles were built. The retail price was £ 65.

Models

model Construction period cylinder Displacement wheelbase
4.9 1926-1928 1 490-600 cc 1981 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)

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. ↑ a b c d Georgano, N .: Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile , HMSO, London (2000), ISBN 1-57958-293-1
  3. ↑ a b c Baldwin, N .: AZ of Cars of the 1920s , Bay View Books, Devon (1994), ISBN 1-870979-53-2
  4. ^ Culshaw, David & Horrobin, Peter: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975 , Veloce Publishing plc., Dorchester (1997), ISBN 1-874105-93-6