Centaur Motor and Engineering Co
of Coventry
A subsidiary of the Centaur Cycle Co
1906 'CENTAUR MOTOR AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, LIMITED. This Company has just been registered with a capital of in £1 shares, to carry on the business of motor-car and motor-cycle manufacturers, engineers, etc. The subscribers are:—J. F. Johnson, Attleborough Hall, Nuneaton, wool merchant; G. Gilbert, Park Road, Coventry, cycle manufacturer; H. S. Murray, Glenmayne, Galashiels, wool merchant; H. G. Jenks, Darr's Hill, Coventry, general manager; J. W. Maude, 18, Hertford Terrace. Coventry, traveller; G. H. Gilbert, 77. King Edward's Road, Coventry, cycle manufacturer; H. J. Rogers, West Orchard, Coventry, secretary. No initial public issue. Registered without articles of association. Registered office: West Orchard, Coventry.'[1]
1909 Capstan lathes made by the company were illustrated in Cassier's Magazine [2]