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Dawn Martin - Articles Dawn has been interested in classic motors of all descriptions since an early age.
She recently decided to commence researching vehicles and their manufacturers, and has started producing her research findings in eBooks so that she can share her research. All of her published research will be placed on her website http://www.classicmotorhistory.com and http://www.classicmotorhistory.com/blog Sort By: Date | Popularity
 History of BSA MotorcyclesBSA was founded in 1861 in the Gun Quarter, Birmingham, England by fourteen gunsmiths of the Birmingham Small Arms Trade Association, who had together supplied arms to the British government during the Crimean War.
As well as the Daimler car range, BSA re-entered the car market under their own name in 1921 with a V-twin engined light car followed by four-cylinder models up to 1926 when the name was temporarily dropped. The History of Aston MartinThe Aston Martin is the English alternative to the Bugati and Ferrari. The company was founded in 1913 by mechanical engineer Robert Bamford and wealthy Lionel Martin. The two had met in 1905 as members of a cycling club and progressed during the Edwardian era to classic trials and hill climbs using the Singer sports car. The History of Velocette MotorcyclesA family of motorcyclists built the Velocette and this showed through the design and quality of the manufacturing. That family was the Goodman’s, and three generations were to control the Hall Green firm over the years.
By 1930, they had made their name in the TT with Junior wins in 1926, 1928 and 1929 using their OHC engine. They had also reached the end of development for their first two-stroke engine and so had a new one to offer. Jaguar Cars 1922 to 1940Jaguar cars began in 1922, and Blackpool, Lancashire seemed an unpromising launch platform for a car that became as aspirational as it did.
In the years that followed the end of World War 1, Sir William Lyons, appeared to be a young motorcycle sidecar manufacturer with delusions of grandeur. He was ambitious to move up to cars, and in 1927, he used his Swallow Sidecar workers coach building skills to make bodies for Austin Sevens, giving them a status they scarcely deserved. The History of Singer CarsThe company was established by George Singer in Coventry to make bicycles in 1875. Singer made their first four wheel car in 1905. It was made under licence from Lea-Francis and had a 3 cylinder 1400 cc engine. The first Singer designed car was the 4 cylinder 2.4 litre 12/14 of 1906. The History of Mack TrucksAmerica has always had a love affair with automobiles, and in the early 1900s, trucks were an afterthought and were being assembled using surplus car parts. John Mack changed this.
By 1911, the company was the premier manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks, making 600 units a year. The History of Brough Superior MotorcyclesThe superior was the machine of legends. It was an early superbike before the term was coined and was the “Rolls Royce” of the motorcycle world.
Much of the legend came from performance by specific men and machines and from the showstoppers that George produced year after year for Olympia and Earls Court. The History of Scammell TrucksScammell began when George Scammell of Spitalfields, London developed his business.
1929 saw the introduction of the articulated “hundred tonner” heavy haulage vehicle and only two of these vehicles were produced. The early 1930s saw the production of the 3 wheeled “Mechanical Horse”. The History of Coventry Eagle MotorcyclesCoventry Eagle began in 1890 as Hotchkiss, Mayo & Meek, but changed their name to Coventry Eagle in 1897 when. The bikes were hand built, finished carefully, and proved reliable. In the 1920s, the line up chopped and changed depending on what engines were available at the time.
Coventry Eagle got the formula right with perhaps the most iconic bike of its time the ‘Flying 8’. Coventry Eagle continued building bikes until the outbreak of World War 2, but very few were built after the war. The History of AJS MotorcyclesA J Stevens & Co (AJS), was founded by Harry, George, Jack and Joe Stevens on 14th November 1909.
In 1920, the company decided to try to repeat the success that it had in the 1914 Isle of Man Junior TT.
At the end of August 1931, a loss was announced and the shares fell in price.
At an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders was called on 2nd October1931, a resolution was passed for the company to go into voluntary liquidation.
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