All British Ford
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The ABF or All British Ford was a car
Čar
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 manufactured by Canadian
Canada
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 born garage
Garage
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 owner and inventor Albert (Bertie) Ford in Kenilworth
Kenilworth
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, Warwickshire between 1918 and 1920. Engines used included a water-cooled two-stroke flat-twin
Flat-twin
A flat-twin is a two cylinder internal combustion engine with the cylinders arranged on opposite sides of the crankshaft. It is part of the class of flat engines, sub-type "boxer", and shares most characteristics of those engines.-Motorcycle use:...

 and a four-stroke 4-cylinder V-pattern with shaft drive to the rear wheels via a 3-speed gearbox in unit with the engine.

Series production was intended but a combination of the early post-war slump in England
England
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, illness to Ford and competition from better-funded manufacturers meant that only prototypes were built.
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