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Villiers Engineering

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Villiers Engineering was a manufacturer of motorcycles and cycle parts, and an engineering company based in Villiers Street, Wolverhampton, England. [1]

31 relations: Alldays & Onions, Associated Motor Cycles, Atco (British mower company), British Seagull, Campion Cycle Company, Carden-Baynes Auxiliary, Chater-Lea, Coventry-Eagle, Excelsior Motor Company, Four-stroke engine, Freewheel, Hartford, Connecticut, Heston Aerodrome, JA Prestwich Industries, James Cycle Co, Japanning, John Marston (businessman), L. E. Baynes, Manganese Bronze Holdings, Motorcycle, Norton Villiers Triumph, Norton-Villiers, Pratt & Whitney, Ruby Cycle Co Ltd, Science Museum, London, Sir John Carden, 6th Baronet, Sun (motorcycle), Sunbeam Cycles, Two-stroke engine, Welbike, Wolverhampton.

Alldays & Onions

Alldays & Onions was an English automobile maker, it manufactured cars from 1898 to 1918.

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Associated Motor Cycles

Associated Motor Cycles (AMC) was a British motorcycle manufacturer founded by the Collier brothers as a parent company for the Matchless and AJS motorcycle companies.

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Atco (British mower company)

Atco (Atlas Chain Company) Limited was a British mower company which traded as "Atco Ltd" from 1981 to 1990, making lawn mowers and garden tools.

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British Seagull

The British Seagull Co Ltd was a British manufacturer of two-stroke outboard engines in Poole, Dorset from the early 1930s until the mid-1990s.

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Campion Cycle Company

The Campion Cycle Company was a British bicycle, cyclecar and motor cycle maker, active from 1893 to 1926 and based in Nottingham, England.

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Carden-Baynes Auxiliary

The Carden-Baynes Auxiliary was the first motor glider with a retractable engine and propeller; it is known as the Abbott-Baynes Scud 3 when engineless.

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Chater-Lea

Chater-Lea was a British bicycle, car and motor cycle maker with a nine-storey factory in Banner Street in the City of London and, from 1928, premises at Letchworth, Hertfordshire.

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Coventry-Eagle

Coventry-Eagle was a British bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer.

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Excelsior Motor Company

Excelsior, based in Coventry, was a British bicycle, motorcycle and car maker.

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Four-stroke engine

A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft.

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Freewheel

Freewheel mechanism In mechanical or automotive engineering, a freewheel or overrunning clutch is a device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft.

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Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Heston Aerodrome

Heston Aerodrome was a 1930s airfield located to the west of London, UK, operational between 1929 and 1947.

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JA Prestwich Industries

JA Prestwich Industries, was an English manufacturing company named after founder John Alfred Prestwich, which was formed in 1951 by the amalgamation of J.A.Prestwich and Company Limited and Pencils Ltd.

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James Cycle Co

The James Cycle Co Ltd., Greet, Birmingham, England, was one of many British cycle and motorcycle makers centred on the English Midlands, particularly Birmingham.

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Japanning

Japanning is a type of finish that originated as a European imitation of Asian lacquerwork.

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John Marston (businessman)

John Marston (1836–1918) was a successful Victorian bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer and founder of the Sunbeam company of Wolverhampton.

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L. E. Baynes

Leslie Everett Baynes, AFRAeS (23 March 1902 – 13 March 1989) was an English aeronautical engineer.

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Manganese Bronze Holdings

Manganese Bronze Holdings plc (MBH) was the holding company of LTI Limited: their sole business in their final years as a company was London black taxicab manufacturing through the LTI subsidiary.

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Motorcycle

A motorcycle, often called a bike, motorbike, or cycle, is a two-> or three-wheeled motor vehicle.

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Norton Villiers Triumph

Norton Villiers Triumph (NVT) was a British motorcycle manufacturer, formed by the British Government to continue the UK motorcycling industry, but the company eventually failed.

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Norton-Villiers

Norton-Villiers was a British motorcycle manufacturer formed in the 1960s following the collapse of AMC.

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Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations.

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Ruby Cycle Co Ltd

The Ruby Cycle Co Ltd.

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Science Museum, London

The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London.

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Sir John Carden, 6th Baronet

Sir John Valentine Carden, 6th Baronet MBE (6 February 1892 – 10 December 1935) was an English tank and vehicle designer.

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Sun (motorcycle)

The Sun Cycle & Fittings Co.

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Sunbeam Cycles

Sunbeam Cycles made by John Marston Limited of Wolverhampton was a British brand of bicycles and, from 1912 to 1956 motorcycles.

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Two-stroke engine

A two-stroke (or two-cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine which completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during only one crankshaft revolution.

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Welbike

The Welbike was a British single-seat motorcycle produced during World War II at the direction of Station IX — the "Inter Services Research Bureau" — based at Welwyn, UK, for use by Special Operations Executive (SOE).

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Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villiers_Engineering

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