Mead & Deakin
Mead & Deakin | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1913 |
resolution | 1915 |
Seat | Tyseley near Birmingham , United Kingdom |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Mead & Deakin was a British automobile manufacturer based in Tyseley near Birmingham . From 1913 to 1915, small cars were built there under the names Medea and Media .
1913 was Medea 8 hp presented a Cyclecar , which had a series of two-cylinder engine with 1.0 liter displacement.
In 1914 the slightly larger Medea 8/10 hp followed . The light vehicle was equipped with a four-cylinder in-line engine with a displacement of 1.1 l. The car was built until 1915 with a slightly larger displacement.
Then the First World War put an end to manufacturing. After the war, the same company as Rhode Motor Co. built the Rhode lightweight automobile .
Models
model | Construction period | cylinder | Displacement | wheelbase |
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8 hp | 1913 | 2 row | 964 cc | |
8/10 hp | 1914-1915 | 4 row | 1094-1131 cc |
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)
- David Culshaw & Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895–1975 . Veloce Publishing plc. Dorchester (1999). ISBN 1-874105-93-6
Individual evidence
- ^ The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. 2001.