Wilson Bros

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Wilson Bros was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Wilson brothers were electrical engineers. They founded the company in Bedford and began producing automobiles in 1904. The brand name was Bedford . Automobile production ended in the same year. In the 1920s there was a collaboration with CE Humphreys from the same place.

vehicles

There were three models on offer. The smallest was the 6 HP . A single-cylinder engine powered the vehicle. The open body offered space for two people. The solid rubber tires were unusual. The models 10 HP with two-cylinder engine and 16 HP with four-cylinder engine had pneumatic tires . For the largest model there was a touring car body from Védrine .

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 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)

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. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.