Villiers Engineering was a manufacturer of motorcycles and cycle parts, and an engineering company based in Villiers Street, Wolverhampton, England. In...
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Sunbeamland, in Blakenhall, lies the Sunbeam Motor Car Company and Villiers Engineering, which became two of Wolverhampton's most important industries. Sunbeamland...
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R12 as stated in the specifications. The four speed, dog clutch, Villiers Engineering gearbox had no reverse so the engine had to be switched off and started...
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motorcycles proved reliable and by the First World War the range included Villiers Engineering and JAP engines. In the early 1920s, Coventry-Eagle changed its models...
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Look up villiers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Villiers may refer to: Villiers, Indre, in the Indre département Villiers, Vienne, in the Vienne département...
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'Seagull' outboard engines for marine use and also for starting the Villiers engineering company. He was Mayor of Wolverhampton for two consecutive years...
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Norton Commando (section Norton Villiers Triumph)
purchased by Manganese Bronze Holdings, who already owned Villiers Engineering, forming Norton-Villiers. Chairman Dennis Poore saw the need to produce a new...
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1923 and 1924, using 147cc, 247cc, 269cc and 346cc engines from Villiers Engineering and Blackburne. Erwin Tragatsch; Ash, Kevin. The New Illustrated...
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J. A. Prestwich Industries (category Defunct engineering companies of England)
been acquired by Villiers Engineering Company Limited of Wolverhampton, which also made motorcycle and industrial engines. The engineering works in Northumberland...
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uk. "Bitri Scooters". Classic Motorcycles at Sheldon's Emu. "The Villiers Engineering Co". www.historywebsite.co.uk. "BM Bonvicini Motorcycles". "Corgi...
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design, the autocycle continued in production until late 1953 with a Villiers Engineering Junior De Luxe 98cc engine in a typical autocycle frame. The bike...
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from 1951 to 1953. Engine: Villiers Engineering 1F single-cylinder engine at 98cc 47 mm x 57 mm engine. Carburetor was a Villiers Type 6/0. Transmission:...
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Manganese Bronze Holdings (category Engineering companies of the United Kingdom)
then known) was taken over by a Dennis Poore investment vehicle, Villiers Engineering Ltd, a motorcycle company chiefly known for its range of engines...
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Czechoslovakian mountains. The engines were highly modified Villiers MK 36A but instead of the standard Villiers crankshaft they had an Alpha assembly and the squared-off...
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land in Upper Villiers Street for the erection of works for the manufacture of cars" alongside the premises of Marston's Villiers Engineering business. The...
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was manufactured from 1954 to 1955. Engine: Villiers Mk 4F (98cc) (47mm x 57mm), Carburetor was a Villiers Type 6/0 Transmission: Two speed with clutch...
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prototype using a 2-stroke 197cc single-cylinder engine sourced from Villiers Engineering - and a Greeves badge on the fuel tank. The motorcycles were really...
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Triumph Engineering Co Ltd was a British motorcycle manufacturing company, based originally in Coventry and then in Meriden. A new company, Triumph Motorcycles...
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Quantum engineering is the development of technology that capitalizes on the laws of quantum mechanics. This type of engineering uses quantum mechanics...
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Triumph Engineering Co Ltd, a defunct British motorcycle manufacturer (1885–1951 taken over by BSA, 1972 merged with Norton) Norton Villiers Triumph,...
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Whilst most similar manufacturers chose two-stroke engines from Villiers Engineering, Ackland used the more expensive, heavy-duty V-twins from JA Prestwich...
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British airborne forces during the war. It had a 125cc 2-stroke Villiers Engineering engine. The Gadabout was marketed as the "British Two-wheeler for...
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Woodhead Dam (redirect from De Villiers Dam)
the original Disa Stream by 1903. The last of the five dams was the De Villiers Dam in 1907. This was built downstream of the Alexandra and Victoria Dams...
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lightweight motorcycles with Villiers and JAP engines and imported Zundapps from Germany. Production started in 1947 with a 197 cc Villiers-engined bikes. In 1953...
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Works for his car workshops in Upper Villiers Street, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton. He had established Villiers Engineering there some years earlier. At its...
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Norton Motorcycle Company (section Norton-Villiers)
It was reformed as Norton-Villiers, part of Manganese Bronze Holdings, in 1966, and merged with BSA to form Norton Villiers Triumph in 1973. In late 2008...
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CEO of Satbel. De Villiers was born and raised in Pretoria, South Africa, the son of South African cardiologist Marquard De Villiers. He has three sisters...
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parsonage was built soon after the arrival of the Reverend J. G. S. de Villiers as the first Minister of Tarkastad in 1864. This double-storeyed building...
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investors E & H P Smith who sold Enfield for £82,500 to Norton Villiers in 1967. While Norton Villiers acquired 33 per cent of Enfield India the assets of Enfield's...
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University of the Witwatersrand (redirect from University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment)
opened. A large walkway named the Amic Deck was constructed across the De Villiers Graaff Motorway which bisects the campus, linking East Campus with West...
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