All-British
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The All-British was an automobile
Automobile
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 built at Bridgeton
Bridgeton, Glasgow
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, Glasgow, Scotland, from 1906 to 1908. The company was founded by George Johnston
George Johnston
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, formerly of Arrol-Johnston
Arrol-Johnston
Arrol-Johnston was an early Scottish manufacturer of automobiles, which operated from 1896 to 1931 and produced the first automobile manufactured in Britain...

, primarily for the manufacture a 54hp
Horsepower
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 eight-cylinder car with its cylinders arranged as two parallel fours; the pistons were actuated by two rocking beams which were driven by connecting rods from a normal four-throw crank. The unit was more complex than was necessary, and only a dozen All-British cars were ever completed.
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