John Child Meredith

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John Child Meredith Ltd.
legal form Limited Company
Seat Birmingham , UK
Branch Automobile manufacturer

John Child Meredith Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was based at 395 Summer Lane in Birmingham . From 1901 at the latest, it manufactured accessories such as ignition equipment. In 1902 the production of automobiles began. The brand names were Abingdon and Meredith . Automobile production ended in 1903. The connection to Abingdon Works , which made automobiles in Tyseley near Birmingham between 1922 and 1923, is unclear.

vehicles

The first model Abingdon 3½ HP was a voiturette . A single-cylinder engine drove the rear axle via a chain. The transmission had two gears. The distribution was carried out by Coxeter & Sons from Abingdon .

The Meredith 9 HP had a two-cylinder engine . The Tonneau body shape offered space for four people.

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 1: A – F. 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. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.