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Encyclopedia > Dawson Car Company

Dawson Car Company was created in June 1918 by AJ Dawson, previously works manager at Hillman. Categories: Automobile stubs | Rootes | Hillman ...


The only car made by the company was the 11-12 hp with 1795 cc overhead camshaft engine coupled to a 3 speed gearbox. It was available in four body styles, most bodied by Charlesworth, and unusually, customers could not buy a chassis only. Most were sold in Dawson Blue with black wings. Final production seems to have been in 1921 after about 70 cars were made.


The Dawson cars were expensive, the cheapest being £750 for the 2 seater, and could not compete with Morris and Austin. Nearly all the components were made in-house. In 1921 the Triumph Cycle Company Ltd. bought Dawson's premises and fittings in Clay Lane, Stoke, Coventry. Dawson is the name of several places in the world: Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada Dawson Island, Chile Dawson, Alabama, United States of America Dawson, Georgia, United States of America Dawson, Illinois, United States of America Dawson, Iowa, United States of America Dawson, Minnesota, United States of America Dawson, Nebraska... Morris is the name of some places in the United States of America: Morris, Alabama Morris, Connecticut Morris, Illinois Morris, Minnesota Morris County, New Jersey Morris (town), New York Morris (village), New York Morris Township, Pennsylvania There are also a number of places named Morrisville and Morristown, as well as... Austin refers to: An Anglicization of the name of Saint Augustine, noticeable in the English version Austin Friars to refer to the Augustinian Order. ... 1974 Triumph GT6 Coupé The Triumph Motor Company had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann and Moritz Schulte started producing Triumph bicycles at Coventry, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... The Precinct in Coventry city centre For alternative meanings see: Coventry (disambiguation) Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ...


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Triumph Motor Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (820 words)
From bicycles, the company branched out into making Triumph motor cycles in 1902 and in 1921, Bettmann was persuaded by his general manager Claude Holbrook (1886-1979) to acquire the assets of the Dawson Car Company and started producing a 1.4 litre model called the Triumph 10/20.
In December 1960 the company merged with Leyland Motors Ltd.
But many Triumphs of this era were unreliable, including the 2.5 PI with its fuel injection problems, and the poor quality of the TR7 and TR8 sports cars, which killed the marque in the United States.
TRIUPH HERALD, SPITFIRE AND STAG BRITISH CARS | DIRECTORY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS | VEHICLE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY | ... (4560 words)
Some twenty years were to pass before a four-wheel Light Car was made, this was based on the Dawson, a make that had failed, and had hydraulic brakes on the rear wheels.
One of the results of this merger was that competing sports cars (Triumph Spitfire and the Midget/Sprite range from MG and Austin-Healey) were now built by the same company.
Cars fitted with overdrive now had a sliding switch on the gearknob instead of a lever on the steering column.
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