Dawson Car Company

Motor vehicle

Dawson 11-12

Overview
Manufacturer| Dawson Car Company
Production| 1919-1921
Assembly| Clay Lane, Stoke, Coventry, England
Designer| Alfred John Dawson
Body and chassis
Body style| open two-seat
open four-seat
coupé
closed coupé
Powertrain
Engine| 1795 cc, four-cylinder, overhead-cam
Transmission| three-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase| 105 inches (2667 mm)[1]
Length| 142 inches (3607 mm)[1]

The Dawson Car Company was formed in June 1918 by Alfred John Dawson (1882-1957), previously works manager at Hillman and designer of the 1913 Hillman Nine car and launched in 1919.

The only car made by the company was the 11-12 hp with a water-cooled, four-cylinder 1795 cc overhead camshaft engine coupled to a three-speed gearbox. It was available in four body styles, most bodied by Charlesworth, and unusually, customers could not buy a chassis only. Most were sold in Dawson Blue with black wings. Final production seems to have been in 1921 after about 65 cars were made.[2]

The Dawson cars were expensive, the cheapest being £600 for the two-seater, and could not compete with Morris and Austin. Nearly all the components were made in-house.

In 1921 the Triumph Cycle Company Ltd. bought Dawson's premises and fittings in Clay Lane, Stoke, Coventry but no more of the 11-12 models were made.

## See also

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* List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom

## References

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1. ^ a b Culshaw; Horrobin (1974). Complete Catalogue of British Cars. London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-16689-2.
2. ^ Georgano, N. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.

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