Tilbrook Motorcycles

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Tilbrook Motorcycles
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founding 1950
resolution 1953
Seat Adelaide , Australia
management Rex Tilbrook
Branch Motorcycle manufacturer

Tilbrook Motorcycles was an Australian manufacturer of motorcycles .

Company history

Rex Tilbrook founded the company in Adelaide in 1950 and began producing motorcycles. The brand name was Tilbrook . Production ended in 1953. He also made an automobile in 1953 , which he presented and sold at the Adelaide Show .

vehicles

motorcycles

Motorcycles with built-in engines from Villiers Ltd were on offer . There were smaller engines with 123 cm³ displacement and larger engines with 198 cm³ displacement. The smaller ones were also used in races.

Automobiles

The only vehicle was a tricycle. The base was a tubular frame. An aluminum body was mounted on top. A Villiers two-stroke engine with 197 cm³ displacement was mounted in the rear and propelled the vehicle. The transmission had four gears.

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. 1592. (English)
  • Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 68 (English).
  • Roger Hicks: The International Encyclopedia. Motorcycles. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-613-02660-5 , p. 471.
  • Erwin Tragatsch : All motorcycles. 1894 until today. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-87943-410-7 , p. 427.

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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. 1592. (English)
  2. ↑ Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 68 (English).