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Marketed as "the ideal owner-driver car" it was based on a lengthened and possibly lowered chassis from a Model T [[Ford]] with wire wheels and a Rolls-Royce type radiator. The engine was converted to overhead valve and a top speed of 75 mph (120 km/h) was claimed. Prices ranged from £253 for a two-seater to £500 for a saloon. | Marketed as "the ideal owner-driver car" it was based on a lengthened and possibly lowered chassis from a Model T [[Ford]] with wire wheels and a Rolls-Royce type radiator. The engine was converted to overhead valve and a top speed of 75 mph (120 km/h) was claimed. Prices ranged from £253 for a two-seater to £500 for a saloon. | ||
1922 Lionel Rutherford Nicholson of the Albert Bridge Garage.<ref>Chelsea News and General Advertiser - Friday 24 November 1922</ref> | 1922 Lionel Rutherford Nicholson of the Albert Bridge Garage. Fifty cars lost.<ref>Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Friday 28 February 1930</ref><ref>Chelsea News and General Advertiser - Friday 24 November 1922</ref> | ||
1930 Albert Bridge Garage destroyed by fire.<ref>Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Friday 28 February 1930</ref> | 1930 Albert Bridge Garage destroyed by fire.<ref>Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Friday 28 February 1930</ref> | ||
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of Albert Bridge Garage, Chelsea, London.
1922-24. The Alberford was an English car manufactured in Chelsea
Marketed as "the ideal owner-driver car" it was based on a lengthened and possibly lowered chassis from a Model T Ford with wire wheels and a Rolls-Royce type radiator. The engine was converted to overhead valve and a top speed of 75 mph (120 km/h) was claimed. Prices ranged from £253 for a two-seater to £500 for a saloon.
1922 Lionel Rutherford Nicholson of the Albert Bridge Garage. Fifty cars lost.[1][2]
1930 Albert Bridge Garage destroyed by fire.[3]
1934 Arnold William Knight of the Albert Bridge Garage.[4]
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