E. and H. Hora
From Graces Guide
E. and H. Hora of Peckham Road, London, SE
- 1878 Company established.
- 1896 Incorporated as a limited company.
- The Auto-Mixte was a bus design from Belgium and built period electric chassis using transmission designs of Henri Piper, later used by Daimler bus.
- At least one Auto-Mixte design came to Britain and was rumoured to be the maker's first bus.
- The chassis was very high by the standards of the day.
- It was designed in 1906 by bodybuilder E and H. Hora and a body was built for it in just eight days.
- 1911 Directory lists them as Hora E. & H. Ltd. 36 & 38 Peckham Road, London SE and as motor manufacturers. [1]
- 1914 Motor body, coach and van builders. Specialities: motor cars, motor bodies including buses and commercial vehicles, carriages and horse-drawn vehicles; engine repairs. Employees 300. [2]
Sources of Information
- Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris
- AA. [1] Image courtesy of Aviation Ancestry