Argyll was a Scottish motor car marque manufactured from 1899 to 1932. [1]
- 1899-1905 Hozier Engineering Co of Bridgeton, Glasgow
- 1905-1909 Argyll Motors Ltd of Alexandria, Dumbartonshire
- 1909-1914 Argyll Ltd of Alexandria, Dumbartonshire
1905 March 11th. Argyll Motors was registered to take over as a going concern the Hozier Engineering Co. [2]
1906 Produced 10-12, 14-16, 16-20 and 26-30 h.p. models with shaft-drive. [3]
1905 October. Details of their 24-hp, 16-20-hp and 10-12-hp cars.[4][5][6][7]
1905 October. Advertisement shows Eustace H. Watson as chairman and managing director of Argylls, London Ltd.[8]
1905 Opened large factory at Alexandria and retained the old Bridgton premises as a repair and service depot under A. Morris Thomson.
1906 August. Report of a drive from Glasgow to London in an Argyll by Eustace H. Watson.[9]
The Alexandria factory was never used to capacity, and the company began to decline after Alex Govan's death in 1907 and then went into liquidation in 1908.
1907 November. Details of their 40-hp car.[10][11][12]
1908 November. Details of the 12-14-hp car shown at Olympia.[13]
1909 January 19th. New company registered as Argylls Ltd with Thomas Dence (CHairman) and John Smart Matthew as Managing Director
1910 Production restarted with a new range of cars including the famed "Flying Fifteen", and a six-cylinder model. The 12/14 was widely sold as a taxi even being exported to New York. Four-wheel brakes designed by J. M. Rubury of Argyll and patented on 18th March 1910 by Henri Perrot and John Meredith Rubury (Patent number 6807) were available from 1911 on.
1910 Listed as 'Argylls, Ltd., Alexandria; showrooms, 92-94 Mitchell st, city; repair works and garage, Graham st, Bridgton.' under 'Motor car Agents'.[14]
1910 October. Details of the 12-hp car.[15]
1911 October. Details of the 25hp sleeve-valve engine.[16]
1911 Motor Show. Showed four-stroke sleeve-valve engine. [17]
1912 The single Sleeve valve engine designed by company director Peter Burt and James Harry Keighly McCollum began production; the entire range featured the Burt-McCollum engines by 1914.
1913 April. Advert for the 'twelve-eighteen hp with four wheel braking system'. [18]
1914 R. W. Blackwell is Chairman
1914 Argyll changed hands and the Alexandria factory was sold to the Royal Navy for torpedo production.
Car production was resumed on a small scale in the original Bridgeton works under the control of John Brimlow who had previously run the repair department. The first product from the new company was a revival of the pre-war 15·9 hp model, now with electric starter but few were sold.
1914 Listed as motor car manufacturers. Specialities: high-class automobiles for private or industrial purposes. Employees 1,650. [19]
1922 It was joined by a 1.5-litre sleeve valve model and in 1926 by the 12/40 sports.
1927 The company made a final appearance at the London Motor Show and the last cars were probably made in 1928.
1932 Mention of J. D. Brimlow of Argyll Motors.[20]
The company though still advertised until Argyll closed in 1932.
List of Models
- Argyll Motors: 5 h.p. c1900
- Argyll Motors: 5.25 h.p. c1902. Model 6.
- Argyll Motors: 8 h.p. c1902
- Argyll Motors: 10 h.p. c1902
- Argyll Motors: 10-12 h.p. c1904-06
- Argyll Motors: 12-14 h.p. c1905-07 & 1909-10
- Argyll Motors: 14-16 h.p. c1906-10
- Argyll Motors: 16-20 h.p. 1908
- Argyll Motors: 26-30 h.p. c1906
- Argyll Motors: 15 h.p. 1910-12. The Flying Fifteen.
- Argyll Motors: 20 h.p. 1909
- Argyll Motors: 10 h.p. 1910-11
- Argyll Motors: 12 h.p. 1911-12
- Argyll Motors: 20 h.p. 1910-12
- Argyll Motors: 25 h.p. 1912
- Argyll Motors: 30 h.p. 1910-11
- Argyll Motors: 40 h.p. 1908-09
- Argyll Motors: 12-18 h.p. 1913-14.
- Argyll Motors: 14 h.p. 1915. Sleeve valve.
- Argyll Motors: 15-30 h.p. 1913-15. Sleeve valve. Type G.
- Argyll Motors: 25-50 h.p. 1913-15. Sleeve valve.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ [1] Wikipedia
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Automobile Vol. III. Edited by Paul N. Hasluck and published by Cassell in 1906.
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1905/10/14
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1905/10/21
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1905/10/28
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1905/11/04
- ↑ The Graphic - Saturday 14 October 1905
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1906/08/18
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1907/11/09
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1907/11/16
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1907/11/30
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1908/11/07
- ↑ 1910/11 Post Office Directory of Glasgow
- ↑ The Autocar 1910/10/01
- ↑ The Autocar 1911/10/28
- ↑ The Engineer 1911/11/03 p466
- ↑ The Autocar 1913/04/05 p27
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ Motherwell Times - Friday 01 January 1932