Wallace Atherton McCurd
From Graces Guide
Wallace Atherton McCurd was involved with several companies:
- W. A. McCurd Ltd (registerd 26 July 1905),
- McCurds Ltd (1908)
- McCurd Lorry Manufacturing Co Ltd (1913),
- McCurd Motors Ltd (1928).
McCurd announced his first lorry chassis in November 1912 at which time the company was based at 10-11 South Crescent, Store Street, London WC.
McCurd had a factory at Finchley in 1913, and moved to Blyth Road, Hayes, Middlesex, in late 1921.
A McCurd 1220 car was introduced in 1922 but it was not a success and the company folded in 1927.
In February 1928 a new company, McCurd Motors Ltd, was formed and had premises on the Slough Trading Estate.
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Sources of Information
- 'Armadale to Aquila: The History of Vehicle Manufacturing in Hillingdon' by Tony Beadle (Panic Button Press, 2010) ISBN 978-0-9566538-0-2