William Atkinson & Sons

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William Atkinson & Sons
legal form
founding 1902
resolution 1904
Seat Lancaster , UK
Branch Automobile manufacturer

William Atkinson & Sons was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Lancaster company began manufacturing automobiles in 1902. The brand name was John O'Gaunt , named after John of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster . Production ended in 1904. Another source gives the construction period from 1901 to 1904. A total of twelve vehicles were built.

vehicles

Small cars were on offer. A single cylinder engine propelled the vehicles. One source names 4 hp and 6 hp engines of unknown origin, another a 4 hp Aster engine . Two and four-seater bodies were available, the latter as a tonneau .

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)
  • 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 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 Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ A b c Culshaw: The Complete Catalog of British Cars.