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1919 31 December: A new public company incorporated, which acquired [[Wallace Farm Implements]] and  the [[Burt-McCollum]] patents for a single sleeve valve engine. [[Duncan M. Wallace]] is chairman.
1919 31 December: A new public company incorporated, which acquired [[Wallace Farm Implements]] and  the [[Burt-McCollum]] patents for a single sleeve valve engine. [[Duncan M. Wallace]] is chairman.


With Mr. Guthrie as MD and [[A. M. Niven]] first on the engine side and later as works manager, the Burt-McCollum engine was  developed for a variety of purposes. Patent rights granted to the [[Bergius Co]] for marine use and to [[Barr and Stroud]] for motorcycles.
With Mr. Guthrie as MD and [[A. M. Niven (2)|A. M. Niven]] first on the engine side and later as works manager, the Burt-McCollum engine was  developed for a variety of purposes. Patent rights granted to the [[Bergius Co]] for marine use and to [[Barr and Stroud]] for motorcycles.


1920 Exhibitors at the [[1921 Smithfield Show]].<ref>[[The Engineer 1921/12/09]]</ref>
1920 Exhibitors at the [[1921 Smithfield Show]].<ref>[[The Engineer 1921/12/09]]</ref>

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of Dennistoun, Glasgow.

1919 31 December: A new public company incorporated, which acquired Wallace Farm Implements and the Burt-McCollum patents for a single sleeve valve engine. Duncan M. Wallace is chairman.

With Mr. Guthrie as MD and A. M. Niven first on the engine side and later as works manager, the Burt-McCollum engine was developed for a variety of purposes. Patent rights granted to the Bergius Co for marine use and to Barr and Stroud for motorcycles.

1920 Exhibitors at the 1921 Smithfield Show.[1]

1922 Mention of Alexander Binnie, Secretary of Wallace (Glasgow) Limited, 34 Paton Street, Glasgow.[2]

1924 June. Company in liquidation.[3].The Burt-McCollum sleeve-valve engine patents were aquired by the Continental Motors Corporation of Detroit.

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Engineer 1921/12/09
  2. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette Publication date:21 November 1922 Issue:13868 Page:1818
  3. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette Publication date:27 June 1924 Issue:14035 Page:869
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