Vernon Industries
Vernon Industries Ltd. | |
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legal form | Limited |
founding | 1952 |
resolution | 1958 |
Seat | Bidston |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Vernon Industries Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
The Bidston company started producing automobiles in 1952. The designer was Erling Poppe, who previously worked at Sunbeam . The brand names were Vi-Car and from 1954 Gordon . Production ended in 1958. A total of several hundred copies were made.
vehicles
Brand name Vi-Car
Between 1952 and 1953 the company produced disabled vehicles called Vi-Car . The construction was the same as the Gordon, but there was only one headlight at the front. Covering the rear wheels with motorcycle-like fenders was also made simpler.
Brand name Gordon
This was a miniature car with three wheels, with the single wheel in the front. A single-cylinder engine from Villiers Ltd with a displacement of 197 cc was mounted to the right of the driver (right-hand drive) outside the body and drove a rear wheel via a chain. Access to the interior was therefore only possible via a door on the left. The body was made of steel and had a roll top. At around £ 300 new , it was the cheapest car on the UK market at the time.
One vehicle is in the Hammond Microcar Collection in England.
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 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
- Walter Drawer: Small Cars International. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-613-01959-6 , p. 181.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
- ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.