Wearwell Motor Carriage Company

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Wearwell Motor Carriage Company Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1899
resolution 1910
Reason for dissolution liquidation
Seat Wolverhampton
management William Clarke
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Wearwell Motor Carriage Company Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles .

Company history

William Clarke, who previously made bicycles for the Wearwell Cycle Company , founded the company in 1899. The seat was on Pountney Street in Wolverhampton . The production of automobiles began. One of the employees was Thomas H. Parker, who ran the Parker Motor Company between 1901 and 1902 . In 1901 motorcycles and in 1903 tricycles were added. The brand name was Wearwell . From 1904 the brand name Wolf was used for two and three-wheelers . Automobile production ended in 1906. In 1910 the company went into liquidation . William Clarke took over Wulfruna Cycles and manufactured motorcycles until 1939.

Automobiles

The first model had two Butler engines , each with 2.25 hp .

Then a voiturette with an air-cooled two-cylinder engine appeared under the seat. This model was around until 1905.

In 1903 the Motette tricycle was added to the range. This was a motorcycle-derived forecar with a seat for the passenger between the front wheels. The Stevens engine initially developed either 2.5 HP or 3.25 HP, later 4.5 HP, 7 HP and 8 HP.

From 1904 to 1905 there was a tricycle that was more like a car. A water-cooled two - cylinder engine from De Dion-Bouton with either 4.5 HP, 6 HP or 7/8 HP was mounted between the front and rear seats and propelled the vehicle via a cardan shaft . The transmission had two gears.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b c d Grace’s Guide (accessed March 9, 2014)