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'''Lawson''' was a motorcycle produced in 1948, and built by '''Alec Lawson''', a supplier of accessories to the trade, of the [[Sackville]] company in Sparkhill, Birmingham. | '''Lawson''' was a motorcycle produced in 1948, and built by '''Alec Lawson''', a supplier of accessories to the trade, of the [[Sackville]] company in Sparkhill, Birmingham. | ||
The machine was a special based on a [[Ner-A-Car]] of the 1920s, but differing in the length of the frame, which had been extended by about 5 inches/12cm. The body was in aluminium, it had out-rigger wheels, twin headlamps, a windscreen, fascia for the instruments and an intriacte exhaust system. The engine, designed and built by a Mr Haythorn, was a 288cc air-cooled in-line ohc four which had a three-speed gearbox bolted directly to it, with a bevel drive for the rear chain. | The machine was a special based on a [[Ner-A-Car]] of the 1920s, but differing in the length of the frame, which had been extended by about 5 inches/12cm. The body was in aluminium, it had out-rigger wheels, twin headlamps, a windscreen, fascia for the instruments and an intriacte exhaust system. The engine, designed and built by a Mr Haythorn, was a 288cc air-cooled in-line ohc four which had a three-speed gearbox bolted directly to it, with a bevel drive for the rear chain. There was never any intention to market it. | ||
There was never any intention to market it. | |||
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* The British Motorcycle Directory - Over 1,100 Marques from 1888 - by Roy Bacon and Ken Hallworth. Pub: The Crowood Press 2004 ISBN 1 86126 674 X | * The British Motorcycle Directory - Over 1,100 Marques from 1888 - by Roy Bacon and Ken Hallworth. Pub: The Crowood Press 2004 ISBN 1 86126 674 X | ||
* [[1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries]] | * [[1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries]] | ||
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Revision as of 17:38, 25 July 2010
of Beach Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham
- 1937 Aeroplane accessory manufacturers.
Lawson was a motorcycle produced in 1948, and built by Alec Lawson, a supplier of accessories to the trade, of the Sackville company in Sparkhill, Birmingham.
The machine was a special based on a Ner-A-Car of the 1920s, but differing in the length of the frame, which had been extended by about 5 inches/12cm. The body was in aluminium, it had out-rigger wheels, twin headlamps, a windscreen, fascia for the instruments and an intriacte exhaust system. The engine, designed and built by a Mr Haythorn, was a 288cc air-cooled in-line ohc four which had a three-speed gearbox bolted directly to it, with a bevel drive for the rear chain. There was never any intention to market it.
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Sources of Information
- The British Motorcycle Directory - Over 1,100 Marques from 1888 - by Roy Bacon and Ken Hallworth. Pub: The Crowood Press 2004 ISBN 1 86126 674 X
- 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries