of Rhode Works, Tyseley, Birmingham
of Blythswood Road, Birmingham
Company formed by F. W. Mead and T. W. Deakin who were known for their Canoelet sidecars
1921-24 Produced around 1,000 cars of the 9.5hp model
1924-30 Produced around 1,500 cars of the 10.3, 11/30, 10/30 models
1925-8 Made a few light commercial vehicles
1928 The company had some financial problems and was bought by H. B. Denley, a test driver for the company, who then made trailervans
1928-35 Produced the Hawk car. Around 50 made.
See Also
- 1921/12/26 London-Exeter-London Trial
- 1922/04/14 London-Land's End Trial
- 1922/11/03 Motor Show
- 1922/12/16 London-Gloucester Trial
- 1922/12/26 London-Exeter-London Trial
- 1923/01/27 Scottish Motor Show
- 1923/11/02 Motor Show
- 1923 Economy Cars
- 1924/03/15 General Efficiency Trial
- 1924/05/12 Six Days Trial
- 1924/07/08 Land's End-John O' Groat's Trial
- 1924/07/21 Scottish Six Days Trial
- 1924/10/17 Motor Show
- 1924 Economy Cars
- 1925 Economy Cars
- 1928/10/05 The 1929 Light Cars
- 1930 Light Cars
- Automobile Engineer: 1926/11/11
- Bernard Norris
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1922/01/21
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1922/03/25
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1922/08/05
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1922/08/12
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1922/09/02
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1922/09/09
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1922/11/24
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1922/12/15
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1923/01/05
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1923/03/23
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1924/06/13
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1924/09/26
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1924/10/17
- Lightcar: Index v27
Sources of Information
- Birmingham’s Industrial Heritage by Ray Shill. Published by Sutton Publishing 2002. ISBN 0-7509-2593-0
- A-Z of Cars of the 1920s by Nick Baldwin. 1994. ISBN 1 870979 53 2