Syme Engineering & Motor

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Syme Engineering & Motor Pty Ltd was an Australian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Melbourne company started producing automobiles in 1906. The brand name was Syme . Automobile production ended in the same year. In total, only three or four vehicles were built.

vehicles

The only model based on a prototype of Mumford Syme engine of 1905. The chassis was made of wood . A water-cooled single - cylinder engine with 6 HP power drove the rear axle via chains. The transmission had three gears. The open body offered space for two people.

literature

  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1086. (English)
  • Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 36 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1086. (English)
  2. ↑ a b Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 36 (English).