Victor Motors

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Victor Motors was a British automobile manufacturer that was based in Eynsford (Kent) from 1914 . In 1915 the company moved to Ealing (London) . At the same time the company changed, either in Tyler Apparatus (Victor motor Department) or Victor Cars Ltd . The brand name was Victor .

The first model was the successor to the Dewcar and a cyclecar . The two-seater vehicle had a side-valve V-2 engine of Precision with 965 cc displacement . Its wheelbase was 2134 mm and its track width was 1067 mm. The power was transmitted by means of belts. From 1915, a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1100 cm³ was used.

After the First World War , 24 copies of the Victor were made.

Models

model Construction period cylinder Displacement wheelbase
8 hp 1914-1915 2 V 964 cc 2134 mm

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • Nick Georgano : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago IL 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

Individual evidence

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