Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,713 pages of information and 247,105 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Car Distributors (Cardiff)

From Graces Guide

Pioneer was a motorcycle produced by J. Parsons of Car Distributors (Cardiff), from 1912 to 1914.

The specification included a 3.5hp White and Poppe sv engine and Chater-Lea-style forks. Conventional in appearance, it had direct-belt drive. The main difference was the exhaust silencer, which was fixed close to the engine's exhaust port.

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Sources of Information

  • The British Motorcycle Directory - Over 1,100 Marques from 1888 - by Roy Bacon and Ken Hallworth. Pub: The Crowood Press 2004 ISBN 1 86126 674 X