Sunday, July 5, 2009

ADAMS (GB) 1905-1914

Adams(GB) 1905-1914 was small British car manufacturing company produced by Adams Manufacturing Co LTD where there are few surivers today

A Brief history of the firm was:
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Motorsport (GB) 1990 AUG page 894-895 "Fragments of Forgotten Makes" #93

Cars that have surived -----------------------

1907 2 seater Mail Phaeton was featured in Column 'By the Way' of now defunct magazine Old Motor

the car was one of 3 believed to suvive in England which has reurned to its hometown of Bedford the car was built on site of Culter-Hammer Europa (makers of control units) LTD descentants of Adams car Company and its chief Executive Mr Vincent Meads handed it over To Bedford Museum; the company bought the car in 1964 and it spent some years at the Old Warden ; car fully restored by Cutler-Hammer; orig condition ; includes photo showing car with man and woman in period dress on their way to the museum

see: Old Motor (GB) 1980 FEB page 4 volume 2 issue 2

1912 2 seater tourer T Anderson car displayed Nov 14 1976 at RAC Vic Veteran Car Rally Reg 095 (Historic) just black and white photo report of that event

See; Restored Cars (Aus) 1977 MAR-APR page 15 issue 21

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