Larmar Engineering
Larmar Engineering Company Limited is a British engineering company and former manufacturer of automobiles.[1][2]
Company History
[edit]Mr. Larcombe founded the company in Ingatestone in 1919.[3] On July 9, 1942, it became a Limited company. In the summer of 1946, the production of automobiles began with the brand name of Larmar. In 1951, the production ended.
Vehicles
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On offer were small cars that were specially designed for the physically disabled. The vehicle was only 80cm wide. Its body was made of plywood and aluminum. It had a side door, a seat, windshield and soft top. A single-cylinder two-stroke engine from BSA with 249 cc displacement and 8hp was mounted in the rear and drove one of the rear wheels via a chain. From 1950, a two-cylinder four-stroke engine with 350 cc displacement and 10hp was available. An example is currently held in the Lane Motor Museum, Nashville.[4]
There was also a van model called Lorret. This had an engine with a displacement of 490cm3. The auction house Sotheby's auctioned an example for $4,600 in 2013.
Literature
[edit]- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie. United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8.
- George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G–O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1. (English)
References
[edit]- ^ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie. United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8
- ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile
- ^ http://www.Businessmagnet.co.uk (accessed 12 January 2014)
- ^ Larmar-1948 - Lane Motor Museum, retrieved 22 April 2022