Ilford Motor Car & Cycle

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Ilford Motor Car & Cycle Co.
legal form
founding 1902
resolution 1915
Seat Ilford
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Ilford Motor Car & Cycle Co. was a British manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

The Ilford-based company began producing motorcycles and automobiles in 1902 . The brand name was Regina for the two-wheelers and Ilford for the cars. Automobile production ended in 1903 and motorcycle production in 1915.

Automobiles

Only one model was on offer. A single-cylinder engine from MMC with 5  HP power was mounted in the front of the vehicle and drove the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The transmission had three gears. The body offered space for four people. The face -to-face seating arrangement was unusual for a front-engined vehicle .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • 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 . (English)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 . (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 Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.