Petter & Sons

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JB Petter & Sons was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Yeovil-based company originally made engines. In 1895 the production of automobiles began. The brand names were Petter and Yeovil . From 1897 production at the carriage manufacturer Hill & Boll took place in the same place. Production ended in 1898. A total of around twelve vehicles were built. One vehicle took part in the Emancipation Run , now known as the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run , in 1896 . In 1957 the company was taken over by Hawker Siddeley . In 1984 it was merged with RA Lister and Company to form Lister Petter .

vehicles

In 1895 Petter brought out a small car with a single cylinder engine . The 3 HP corresponded in design and quality to the products of many other contemporary automobile manufacturers who later became market leaders. The 6 HP model soon replaced this first vehicle with a more powerful two-cylinder engine . A model with an electric motor was also created .

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 3: P – Z. 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 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 , p. 491.

Individual evidence

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