Peel Engineering Company
| Peel Engineering Limited
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| legal form | Limited |
| founding | late 1940s |
| resolution | 1974 |
| Seat | Peel , Isle of Man |
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| Branch | vehicles |
The Peel Engineering Limited , previously Peel Engineering Company , was a boat builder and car manufacturers in the fishing village Peel on the Isle of Man .
The company is known for its micro-cars such as the Peel Manxcar , Peel P50 , Peel Trident and the Peel Viking Sport , which were manufactured in the 1960s.
Company history
Cyril Cannell founded the Peel Engineering Company in Peel in the late 1940s . At first he mainly produced GRP cladding for motorcycles and cars. In 1955 he built the first mini car. On December 31, 1964, the name was changed to Peel Engineering Limited . Another source cites January 8, 1965 as the date of the original company's dissolution. Directors were Cyril Cannell and George Henry Kissack. In 1966, Peel stopped producing cars, concentrated again on motorcycle fairings and - under the name West Marine Ltd. - on the construction of fiberglass boats, especially small fishing boats with outboard motors such as the Peel Inshoreman 18. After the death of George Henry Kissack on March 16, 1972, his widow Eileen May Kissack became director on November 3, 1972. She resigned on November 25, 1973 and was replaced on November 30, 1973 by Alice Victoria Maud Cannell. On May 10, 1974, the owners decided to dissolve the company, which was then carried out on August 29, 1974. Another source confirms August 29, 1974 as the dissolution date.
vehicles
The first vehicle was the 2 + 2-seater prototype Peel Manxcar. The one-seater P50 followed in 1962, followed by the slightly larger Trident with two seats in 1965. The 183 centimeter long, three-wheeled Trident was powered by a fan-cooled 50 cm³ DKW engine via a three-speed gearbox. Alternatively, the car was also available with a removable shopping basket in place of the passenger seat, so it could be driven at the age of 16. Based on the Mini, the Peel Viking Sport was also created in 1966 - 25 of which were built.
A P50 built in 1963 from the RRR collection - scooters, scooter mobiles and rarities from the RRRollipop Museum in Eggenburg , Lower Austria, was auctioned by Dorotheum in Vienna on July 10, 2020 for € 85,100 . Likewise a Trident for 66,700 €.
Further use of the name Peel and replicas
In August 2010 it became known that two British entrepreneurs, Gary Hillman and Faizal Khan from Peel Engineering from Sidcup, founded in 2008, are rebuilding the P50 almost original. Instead of the 45 cm³ petrol engine used at the time, an electric motor now drives the individual rear wheels. The new edition, which is only 50 pieces, will also have a reverse gear. The unit price of the car should be around 15,300 euros.
Arthur Alan Evans notes in his 2011 founded company Bambycars from Gainsborough replicas of the Peel P50 ago.
literature
- Barry Edwards: P50. Peel Engineering's Extraordinary Legacy. The story of the world's smallest production car. Lily Publications, Ramsey 2014, ISBN 978-1-907945-76-2 . (English)
- Elvis Payne: The AZ of Three-Wheelers. A definitive reference guide. Nostalgia Road, Manchester 2013, ISBN 9781908-347169 , pp. 184-185. (English)
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Peel.
- George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1200-1201. (English)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Barry Edwards: P50. Peel Engineering's Extraordinary Legacy. The story of the world's smallest production car. Lily Publications, Ramsey 2014, ISBN 978-1-907945-76-2 . (English)
- ↑ www.opencorporates.com on Peel Engineering Company from the Isle of Man (English, accessed on September 11, 2016)
- ↑ a b Andreas Beyer: Street Flea . Life under the cheese bell: Peel Trident. In: Oldtimer Market . No. 4/2006 . VF Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, April 2016, ISSN 0943-7320 , p. 44-47 .
- ↑ www.opencorporates.com on Peel Engineering Limited from the Isle of Man (English, accessed on September 11, 2016)
- ↑ www.opencorporates.com on Peel Engineering Limited from Sidcup (English, accessed on September 11, 2016)
- ^ Website of Peel Engineering from Sidcup (English, accessed on September 11, 2016)
- ↑ "Insel-Isetta: New Edition of the Smallest Car in the World", YAHOO !, August 25, 2010 ( Memento of August 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ www.opencorporates.com on Bambycars Limited from Gainsborough (English, accessed on September 11, 2016)
- ↑ Website of Bambycars Limited from Gainsborough (English, accessed on September 11, 2016)