JMB Motors

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JMB Motors Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1933
resolution 1935
Seat Ringwood
management
  • GH Jones
  • RW Mason
  • CS Barrow
Branch Automobile manufacturer

JMB Motors Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

GH Jones, RW Mason and CS Barrow founded the company in Ringwood in 1933 and began manufacturing automobiles. The brand name was JMB . Production ended in 1935. In total, a little less than 100 vehicles were sold.

vehicles

There were tricycles on offer that were similar to the tricycles from BSA . A single-cylinder engine from JAP with a displacement of 497 cm³ was mounted behind the seats and drove the individual rear wheel via a chain. The standard Gazelle model was an engine with side valves and the Mustang sports model was an engine with OHV valve control . Prices were £ 75.50 and £ 91.35 for the Sport model.

In 1935 a four-wheeled vehicle was created as a prototype , but it did not go into series production. A two-stroke engine from Villiers Ltd with a displacement of 350 cm³ propelled the 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)

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.