Valveless

Valveless was an English manufacturer of automobiles from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire , which was founded in 1908 by Ralph Lucas. Lucas had produced vehicles under this brand name since 1901 without founding a company. The David Brown Group later took over operations. Production ended in 1915.

The models

All models from 1908 had a two-cylinder two - stroke engine that was installed as a front engine and powered the rear wheels.

20 HP and 25 HP

In 1908 there was the 20 HP model with 3891 cm³ displacement , which was called 25 HP from 1909 to 1911 with the same displacement .

15 HP

The engine of this model had from 1911 to 1915 in the standard version 2503 cm³ displacement, in 1913 there was also a special version with 2777 cm³ displacement.

19.9 HP

From 1913 to 1914 this model had an engine with a displacement of 3217 cm³, which was increased to 3546 cm³ in 1915.

A vehicle can be viewed at the Tolson Memorial Museum in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

literature

Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5 .
David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 . (english)
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)

Web links

Commons : Valveless Car - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Motorbase (accessed January 25, 2015)