D. L. Motor Manufacturing Co
of Toll Street, Motherwell
of Hamilton Road, Motherwell
1913-20 British maker of early automobile
Company formerly known as William Guthrie and Co and Dalziel Motor Manufacturing Co
1913-1917 For a list of the models and prices see the 1917 Red Book
WWI Maker of munitions
1917 Partnership change. D. L. Motor Manufacturing Co. Partners were William Guthrie and Charles Bruce. Bruce retires and Guthrie will continue the business under the same name.[1]
1918 Company incorporated to acquire the private company of the same name which had been making the D. L. motor car for several years before WWI.
1918 Acquired by Wallace Farm Implements Ltd[2]
1919 'Mr William Guthrie, of the DL Motor Manufacturing Company, and his friend the Prince of Wales, had a chat over the Glasgow motor plough at Cardiff ten days ago. The plough is the invention of Mr Guthrie and his partner, Mr Wallace, implement maker, Glasgow, and such are the orders already booked that the firm’s present premises will be taxed to their utmost for the next five years. It speaks volumes for the talent and energy of the firm that success has so soon crowned their efforts. I have it on good authority that the firm have been offered land elsewhere on very advantageous terms in order to induce them to remove to that district.'[3]
1919 Started manufacturing the Glasgow tractor. 400 built before the plant closed in 1924
1919 Duncan M. Wallace is a director.[4]
1920 William Guthrie, the enterprising Managing Director of the DL Motor Manufacturing Company. 'some months ago to purchase the Projectile Factory at Cardonald, where all the various departments will now be concentrated' [5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- A-Z of Cars of the 1920s by Nick Baldwin. 1994. ISBN 1 870979 53 2