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Albert Bridge Garage, Chelsea, London. | Albert Bridge Garage, Chelsea, London. | ||
1922-24. The '''Alberford''' was | 1922-24. The '''Alberford''' was a 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. | ||
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. <ref>Chelsea News and General Advertiser - Friday 24 November 1922</ref> |
Latest revision as of 10:36, 11 April 2021
Albert Bridge Garage, Chelsea, London.
1922-24. The Alberford was a 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. [1]
1930 Albert Bridge Garage destroyed by fire. Fifty cars lost.[2][3]
1934 Arnold William Knight of the Albert Bridge Garage.[4]