Whitwood Monocars
of 5-7 Highbury Street, Portsmouth
Designed by N. F. Wood
1934 Motor Show - 'The most sensational model in the show is the new Whitwood monocar representing serious attempt to incorporate car-type protection on two wheels at a very modest price. It has a two-seater body mounted on low chassis of duplex tubular construction and is powered by choice of engines from 150 cc to 1000 cc side-valve twin. It is claimed that with the smaller engine the monocar will give 45 mph and 110 mpg and 1000 cc engine 85 mph can reached. Prices range £49-15s to £88, and all are equipped with electric lighting'.[1]
1934 'The long-awaited "car on two wheels" will shortly appear on the roads. This hybrid, which is either a two-wheel car or a motor-cycle with a two-seater body, according to the way you look at it, is being produced by the O.E.C. Company, of Portsmouth. Mr. N. F. Wood, a director, who is also designer of the machine, told me yesterday that his object had been to provide motor-cyclists with better weather protection, greater riding comfort, and greater safety. The metal-panelled body is stream-lined and is fitted with two bucket-type seats in tandem fashion. Its greatest width is no more than the handle-bars and footrests of an ordinary motor-cycle.'[2]