Morgan & Company

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Morgan & Company Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1795
resolution 1929
Seat Leighton Buzzard , UK
Branch Automobiles , bodies

The Morgan & Company Limited was a British car manufacturer and wheelwright operation . There was no connection with Morgan Motor from Malvern Link .

Company history

The company was founded in London in 1795 to manufacture carriages . In 1886 the company moved to Leighton Buzzard . Later bodies for motor vehicles were created. In 1904 the production of automobiles began . From 1907 Morgan imported chassis from the Adlerwerke from Germany and provided them with their own bodies. During the First World War , the company manufactured aircraft fuselages for the Royal Air Force . After the end of the war, only bodies were made, etc. a. for Morriss-London . Production ended in 1929.

Motor vehicles

In 1904 a vehicle with an electric motor was created , which was called the Electric Motor Phaeton .

From 1905, Morgan manufactured luxury cars with four - cylinder built- in Mutel engines . Cubic capacities of 5200 cm³ and 5800 cm³ are mentioned. A special feature was the hydraulic Sparks-Boothby clutch, which was only used for the first five vehicles. Then a leather cone clutch, which was common at the time, was used. Production probably ended in 1907.

Bodies for eagles

Adler K 6/14 PS from 1910 with body from Morgan & Company

Morgan manufactured u. a. Bodies on the chassis of the Adler KL 6/16 PS model , which appeared in 1913. Its four-cylinder engine had a displacement of 1554 cc and made 16 hp. What has been preserved is an Adler K 6/14 PS from 1910 with a double phaeton body. This vehicle is in the Aspang Automobile Museum in Aspang Market .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 .
  • George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Web links

Commons : Morgan & Company  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .