Packman & Poppe Motorcycles
Packman & Poppe (P&P) was a British motorcycle manufacturer. Founded by Erling Poppe and Gilmour Packman the first motorcycle was produced in 1922 with a 250 cc two-stroke engine. This was followed by a 976 cc side-valve machine with a JAP V-twin engine in 1923 and the Silent Three using a 350 cc Barr and Stroud sleeve-valve engine.
Packman & Poppe Motorcycles
- Name
- Packman & Poppe
- Founded
- 1922
- Headquarters
- Coventry
- Activity
- automotive industry
- Dissolved
- 1930
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Packman & Poppe (P&P) was a British motorcycle manufacturer. Founded by Erling Poppe and Gilmour Packman the first motorcycle was produced in 1922 with a 250 cc two-stroke engine. This was followed by a 976 cc side-valve machine with a JAP V-twin engine in 1923 and the Silent Three using a 350 cc Barr and Stroud sleeve-valve engine.
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Packman & Poppe entered three machines in the 1925 Isle of Man TT. Packman was injured in an argument with a salesman and died. In the same year the Packman & Poppe factory was destroyed by a fire and in 1926 sold to John Wooler, who kept up production until the Depression, in 1930.
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• Name — Packman & Poppe • Fate — Wound up • Founded — 1922 • Defunct — 1930 • Hq Location — Coventry, UK • Industry — Manufacturing and engineering • Key People — Erling Poppe and Gilmour Packman • Products — Motorcycles
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