Alvechurch
The Alvechurch, ALC, was a British cyclecar manufactured by the Alvechurch Light Car Company in Alvechurch, near Birmingham, England, in 1911. The company was owned by Dunkleys, a pram maker, who also made cars under their own name.
Alvechurch
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- 1911
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- automotive industry
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The Alvechurch, ALC, was a British cyclecar manufactured by the Alvechurch Light Car Company in Alvechurch, near Birmingham, England, in 1911. The company was owned by Dunkleys, a pram maker, who also made cars under their own name.
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The car was powered by an 8 hp air-cooled Matchless V-twin air-cooled engine with belt drive. The company could not get the drive system to work properly, and only two cars were made. The car was revived briefly in 1913 as the ALC but was no more successful.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1282676989, Alvechurch.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q448627: Alvechurch
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.George Nick Georgano (Chefredakteur): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1, S. 42. (englisch)
- 2.George Nick Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. 3. Auflage. Dutton Verlag, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2, S. 39. (englisch)
- 3.George Nick Georgano: Autos. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975, S. 84. (französisch)
- 4.Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X, S. 17. (englisch)
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1282676989, Alvechurch.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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