Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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London and Parisian Motor Co

From Graces Guide
February 1905. 17 and 30 h.p.
September 1905.
July 1906. Vulcan.
March 1907.
July 1908.
November 1908.
November 1908.
November 1908. Hotchkiss.
June 1909. Hotchkiss.
June 1909. Vulcan and Delage.
January 1920.
January 1920.
June 1923. Hotchkiss.
August 1926.
November 1926. Delage.
November 1926. Hotchkiss.

of South Molton Street, London

Importer of Delage, Hotchkiss and Ritz automobiles.

1905 Agents for Brooke and Vulcan

c.1905 Agents for Cowey Engineering Co

1905 Exhibited the Cowey Speedometer at the Motor Show at Olympia

1906 Exhibited the Hotchkiss Car at the Islington Show[1]

1906 J. T. Newbould was chairman. Contracted with the Carol Syndicate to supply chassis for vehicles to the Gearless Motor Omnibus Co[2]

1909 'AERONAUTICS. Each week comes the news of motoring firms entering into the aviation branch of the petrol motor. The latest newcomer is the London and Parisian Motor Co. (Ltd.), of which Captain Bertie Corbet is the active head. They have secured the British agency for the E.N.V. 8-cylinder aeroplane motor. This type of engine has recently been fitted Mr. Moore-Brabazon's Voisin aeroplane, and giving every satisfaction. The London and Parisian Motor Company will exhibit this engine at the forthcoming Aero Exhibition at Olympia, where those who have not seen this form of motor in Paris will have an opportunity of inspecting it.'[3]

1909 Exhibited the Hotchkiss car at the 1909 Olympia Show[4]

1910 Advertised Sankey Wheels[5]

1910 Agents for Delage voiturettes[6]

1911-1912 Produced the 'Roper-Corbet' automobile (query this entry - this firm seem to have been agents not producers; Roper-Corbet were shown in Manchester alongside Delage and Hotchkiss but not by this firm but by H H Timberlake[7])

1913-1917 For a list of the models and prices of Delage, Hotchkiss and Ritz see the 1917 Red Book

1919 Continued as agents for Delage and Hotchkiss cars.

1927 Concessionaires for Hotchkiss; their works were in the Edgware Road[8]

1934 Meeting of creditors[9]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Mar. 26, 1906
  2. The Times May 29, 1906
  3. Daily Telegraph & Courier (London) - Saturday 27 February 1909
  4. The Times, Nov. 16, 1909
  5. The Times Nov. 7, 1910
  6. The Times Nov. 12, 1910
  7. The Times Feb. 20, 1912
  8. The Times June 14, 1927
  9. The Times Aug. 27, 1934