Wooler Engineering

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Wooler motorcycle from 1920

The Wooler Engineering Co. Ltd. was a British vehicle manufacturer.

Company history

John Wooler designed his first motorcycle called the Rocket in 1909 , which he had manufactured by the Wilkinson Sword Company. Shortly afterwards he founded his own company in Alperton (Middlesex) and manufactured motorcycles. The company has been renamed several times. Automobiles were also made between 1919 and 1921 . At that time the company was Wooler Engineering Co. Ltd. Wooler's son Ron later continued motorcycle production. In 1955 the end came.

vehicles

motorcycles

Automobiles

From Cyclecar Wooler Mule only two were built. It had an air-cooled two-cylinder in - line engine with a displacement of 1021 cm³. The rear wheels were very close together, giving the impression that it was a tricycle. The sales success was low.

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 .

Web links

Commons : Wooler Engineering  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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.