Ryley, Ward & Bradford

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Ryley, Ward & Bradford
legal form
founding 1899
resolution 1902
Seat Coventry
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Ryley, Ward & Bradford was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Coventry company began developing automobiles in 1899 and manufacturing automobiles in 1901. The brand name was Ryley . Production ended in 1902.

vehicles

The first model was released in September 1901. A single-cylinder engine of MMC 2.75 hp power drive through a propeller shaft to the rear axle. The transmission had two gears. A tubular frame served as the chassis. In 1902 a larger model was added to the range. It had a single cylinder Aster engine with 5 hp. The transmission had three gears.

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 . (English)

Individual evidence

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