VETERAN CAR GUIDE
Bolide Bolide was the brand name given to motor vehicles that were distributed by Lefebvre , but the chassis , gearbox and axles were purchased by the company from Lacoste et Battmann . The latter , based in Paris , manufactured a large range of motor vehicle components that other companies purchased to support the assembly of their vehicles .
British Duryea The American built Duryea motor cars had a strong claim to be amongst the first petrol-engined vehicles built in America : prototypes were under construction in 1893-4 . The Duryea Motor Wagon Company was founded by Frank Duryea in September 1895 in Springfield , Massachusetts , and cars were in production from 1896 . In 1898 , Frank closed the business , and later , his brother Charles , began the manufacture of three-cylinder , chain driven , tillersteered models . Henry Sturmey , then editor of The Autocar , acquired a licence for Duryeas to be made in England . Examples were manufactured by the company , Willans & Robinson of Rugby . Their appearance was eccentric , especially for a British clientele , with a buggy style body , centrally placed , floor level engine , and a two-speed epicyclic gearbox . Few were made .
Brown The company Brown Brothers was formed in 1888 , for the supply of cycle components . The business moved to 30 Great Eastern Street , London in 1892 , from where it offered a substantial and very diverse range of components , accessories and tools to cycle , motor vehicle and , ultimately , aircraft manufacturers worldwide . Complete cycles and motor vehicles were also available , sometimes from the constituent parts in stock or , more usually , as rebadged products from other manufacturers ( including Aster-engined Stars ). There are only a small number of known surviving Brown quadricycles , and each example uses a Perfecta quadricycle frame and a Starley rear axle .
1904 Cadillac .
Brush The Brush Electrical Engineering Co Ltd of Lambeth , London made motorcars from 1902 , initially using two-cylinder 10hp Abeille engines coupled to a Sage gearbox , both from France . By 1903 , the company was re-badging a range of motor cars that were substantially manufactured by the Lacoste et Battmann factory in France . These included a 12hp twin cylinder , and 12hp , 16hp , or 20hp four-cylinder vehicles for 1903 , and a similar selection of machines for 1904 , which included a 5hp single cylinder option . Brush began to manufacture its own engines in 1904 , when production was switched to Loughborough .
C . G . V Fernand Charron , Léonce Girardot and Emile Voigt were three successful Panhard racing drivers who launched their first car in 1901 from workshops in Puteaux , France . The vehicle shared many of the characteristics of Panhard , but to create a more streamlined profile , the radiator was mounted just above the dumbirons , and in front of a coal scuttle bonnet . It had a 3306cc , 15 / 20hp , four-cylinder engine with automatic inlet valves , a four-speed gearbox , and chain drive . From 1902 there was a 40hp 8616cc engined car , presenting a competitor for Panhard . The world ’ s first straight-eight was on show at the 1902 Paris Salon ( with no gearbox fitted because the engine was so flexible ), but it did not enter production . It is recorded that 196 vehicles were made in 1903 .
Cadillac In 1902 , Henry Leland , an engine and transmission manufacturer , formed the Cadillac Automobile Company in Detroit , Michigan , USA . Leland had made engines for Oldsmobile and , following a disagreement on cost , discussions with Henry Ford led to the creation of Cadillac . The first vehicle , launched at the end of 1902 , had a single cylinder , horizontal engine , two-speed epicyclic transmission and chain drive to the rear axle . At the 1903 New York Automobile Show , 2286 orders for the car were taken in the first week . The same basic design of vehicle continued until the end of 1904 , by which time the reputation of the business was firmly established .
Century Century was founded by Ralph Jackson , an Altrincham-based cycle maker , who initially made 2.25hp-engined three-wheeled forecars with a steering wheel , which was unusual at the time . Production was moved in 1901 to Willesden in London , where Cyril Begbie , the UK importer of Aster engines , assumed control of operations . He started making Century-branded , four-wheeled cars in 1903 ,
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