of Aylesbury
1919 Holland and Hannen and Cubitts established new company for the purpose of making the car they had designed at a new factory in Aylesbury; the new company was named Cubitt's Engineering Co [1]. Issue of preference shares to finance the car venture[2].
Cubitt produced only one model - the 16/20, but the firm failed to make any real profit.[3]
1920-25 Built some cars and also bodies for Alvis
1921 Making 60 Cubitt cars a week with a staff of 1,000 at Aylesbury [4]
1921-23 Annual reports in Coventry Archives[5]
Selwyn Edge and J. S. Napier joined the board to stop the losses making the cars
1925 Car making ended. Some 3,000 of the 16/20 were made.
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