Difference between revisions of "Stirling's Motor Carriages"
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
[[image:Im1900AV5-Stirling Motor.jpg|thumb| 1900.]] | [[image:Im1900AV5-Stirling Motor.jpg|thumb| 1900.]] | ||
[[Image:Im19000714AC-Stirl.jpg|thumb| July 1900. ]] | [[Image:Im19000714AC-Stirl.jpg|thumb| July 1900. ]] | ||
[[image:Im1900AV5-Stirling 0714.jpg|thumb| July 1900.]] | |||
[[Image:Im010525AC-Stirling.jpg |thumb| May 1901. ]] | [[Image:Im010525AC-Stirling.jpg |thumb| May 1901. ]] | ||
| Line 14: | Line 15: | ||
[[Image:Im1902Autocar-Stirling2.jpg|thumb| September 1902. ]] | [[Image:Im1902Autocar-Stirling2.jpg|thumb| September 1902. ]] | ||
of Granton Harbour, Edinburgh | of Granton Harbour, Edinburgh. | ||
of Glasgow | of 504 to 508 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow (1900). | ||
Owned by [[John Stirling]] | Owned by [[John Stirling]] | ||
Revision as of 11:43, 21 October 2016
of Granton Harbour, Edinburgh.
of 504 to 508 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow (1900).
Owned by John Stirling
formerly J. and C. Stirling
An old-established Scottish coachbuilder that bought Coventry Daimler chassis and fitted them with its own coachwork, finishing the first such car (fitted with a Panhard-Levassor engine) as early as January 1897, several weeks before the first Coventry Daimler car was sold.
1897 Company formed to take over the business of J. and C. Stirling. Directors included John Stirling, J. T. Boyd, and Henry A. Mavor[1]
1898 Exhibited two carriages at the Dundee Cycle Show.[2]
1899 Advertising Pennington cars, under appointment by Pennington and Baines.[3]
1902. Purchased Kingsburgh Motor Co and thereby took over the former works of Madelvic Motor Co of West Shore Road, Granton, Edinburgh
1903 Patent. Application Number 16,153 for Improvements in Or Relating to Transmission Gear for Motor Cars and Other Machinery (Edinburgh) by Drake, Arthur James and Stirling's Motor Carriages Limited
Stirling's Motor Construction Co (1903) Ltd had been formed with capital of £120,000 but had only called and received £657 by December 1904, and was sold to the Scottish Motor Engineering Co on November 3, 1905, for £17,500 (£10,000 cash and £7,500 in £1 shares), and had capital of £40,000.