WF Thomas

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WF Thomas
legal form
founding 1903
resolution 1903
Seat Birmingham
Branch Automobile manufacturer

WF Thomas was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Birmingham-based company began producing automobiles in 1903. The brand name was Thomas . Production ended in the same year. Only a few vehicles were made.

vehicles

In the first model, a two-cylinder engine with 8 hp , which was mounted in the front of the vehicle, drove the drive axle via a friction gear and a chain. According to one source, it was a tricycle with a rear single wheel. A model with a single-cylinder engine and 6 hp and another two-cylinder model with 10 hp were planned, but were no longer produced.

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 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 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 . (English)

Individual evidence

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