Whitwood Monocars

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Whitwood Monocars Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1934
resolution 1936
Seat Portsmouth , UK
Branch Automobiles

Whitwood Monocars Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Portsmouth company began manufacturing automobiles in 1934. The brand name was Whitwood . The designer was NF Wood, one of the directors of the motorcycle manufacturer Osborn Engineering Company . Production also took place in their branch in Portsmouth. Production ended in 1936. A total of six copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the Monocar . It was a single lane wagon with two support wheels. The vehicle offered space for two people in a row. Initially, the engine was mounted under the front seat. From 1935 the engine was in the rear. At the same time the steering was changed. There was a choice of three versions, which differed in the engines. The Devon had a single cylinder engine with OHV valve control and 250 cm³ displacement , the York a single cylinder engine with side valves and 500 cm³ displacement and the Rutland a V2 engine with side valves and 1000 cm³ displacement.

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)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.