Larmar Engineering
Larmar Engineering Company Limited is a British engineering company and former manufacturer of automobiles.[1][2]
Company History[]
Mr. Larcombe founded the company in Ingatestonein 1919.[3] On July 9, 1942, it became a Limited. In the summer of 1946, the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Larmar. In 1951, automobile production ended.
Vehicles[]
On offer were small cars that were specially designed for the physically handicapped. The vehicles were only 80 cm wide. The body was made of plywood and aluminum. It had a side door, a seat, windshield and soft top. A single-cylinder two-strokeengine from BSA with 249 cc displacement and 8 hp was mounted in the rear and drove one of the rear wheels via a chain. From 1950, a two-cylinder four-strokeengine with 350 cc displacement and 10 hp was available.
There was also the Lorret model. This van had an engine with a displacement of 490 cm3.
Auction house Sotheby's auctioned a vehicle for $4600 in 2013.
Literature[]
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie. United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8.
- George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G–O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1. (English)
References[]
- ^ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie. United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8
- ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile
- ^ http://www.Businessmagnet.co.uk (accessed 12 January 2014)
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