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 167,673 pages of information and 247,074 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.

Crown Magnetic

From Graces Guide

Re-badged version of the Owen Magnetic, US produced car.

The UK importer was J. L. Crown who ordered 500 and was to offer them through R. Le Grice Elers of London with coachwork to suit. They had the Entz magnetic transmission but there were problems and probably only twenty were shipped to the UK.[1]

1920 'Crown Magnetic. The Wonder-Car of the world. A Car that has no Gearbox and no Clutch'. Crown Transmission Co, 104 High Holborn. The MD is J. L. Crown.[2].

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Sources of Information

  1. Beaulieu Encyclopedia of automobile.
  2. Westminster Gazette - Wednesday 10 November 1920