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AJS was the name used for cars and motorcycles made by the Wolverhampton, England company A. J. Stevens Ltd. Wolverhampton is an industrial, commercial and university city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ...

Although best known for their motorcycles the company made a few experimental cars with Meadows engines in 1923 but decided not to go into full production. They returned to car making in 1929 with the Nine powered by a 1018cc side valve Coventry-Climax engine producing 24 bhp and driving through a three speed gearbox. The cars were quite expensive at £210 for the two seater and £320 for the fabric bodied saloon. About 3300 were made. Henry Meadows of Wolverhampton, England were major suppliers of engines to the smaller companies in the British motor industry. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A cubic centimetre (cm3) is an SI derived unit of volume, equal to the volume of a cube with side length of 1 centi metre. ... Coventry Climax was a British specialty engine manufacturer. ...

Looking for other markets, in 1929 the company started making buses and coaches. The first model was the Pilot with a Meadows engine. This was followed by the Coomodore with Coventry Climax L6 engine and finally by the Admiral. Just over 200 buses were built. Henry Meadows of Wolverhampton, England were major suppliers of engines to the smaller companies in the British motor industry. ... Coventry Climax was a British specialty engine manufacturer. ...

In 1931 A. J. Stevens went bankrupt. The motorcycle assets were bought by the London company Matchless and the cars by Crossley. Crossley incorporated some improvements such as a four speed gearbox and using parts acquired from AJS built about 300 cars between December 1931 and May 1932. Assembly took place in the Stockport factory used by Willys Overland Crossley. Matchless is the name of a popular brand of motorcycles that were manufactured in Plumstead, Britain between 1899 and 1966. ... Crossley Motors, based in Manchester, England, produced approximately 19,000 high quality cars from 1904 until 1938, 5,500 buses from 1926 until 1958 and 21,000 goods and military vehicles from 1914 to 1945. ... Stockports Town Hall Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, in North West England. ... Willys Overland Crossley was a company jointly owned by Crossley Motors and Willys-Overland. ...

A 1½-litre model was planned, but failed to materialize except to appear on the Willys-Overland-Crossley stand at the 1932 London Motor Show. 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on a Friday. ...

The Stevens brothers tried again and restarted the company as Stevens Brothers (Wolverhampton) Ltd to make 3 wheel delivery vans. These used a 588 cc single cylinder engine driving the rear wheels through a 3 speed gearbox and chain drive. The van could carry 5 cwt. It was improved in 1935 with shaft drive and uprated to 8 cwt. The last ones wer made in 1936. In 1934 they also produced a new range of motor cycles under the Stevens name. These were made until 1938 after which the company continued as a general engineering business until 1956.

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• AJS history