Princess Engineering Company

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Princess Engineering Company Ltd
legal form Limited
founding ?
resolution ?
Seat Streatham , London , United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Branch Automobiles

Princess Engineering Company Ltd was a British automobile manufacturer.

Company history

The company was based in Streatham near London . It originally made shock absorbers . In 1922 or 1923 the production of automobiles began . The brand name was Princess . Automobile production ended in 1923. It is not known when the company was dissolved.

Models

The only model was a small car. An air-cooled V2 engine from Precision with 8.9 bhp (6.5 kW) power provided the drive . Power was transmitted by means of a cardan shaft . The transmission had three gears. The factory price for the four-seat sedan was £ 175 .

literature

  • 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 , p. 1268. (English)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1268. (English)