Skeoch
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The Skeoch was a Scottish cyclecar
manufactured in 1921 by Skeoch Utility Car Company in Dalbeattie
, Kirkudbrightshire. It was powered by a 348 cc single-cylinder Precision engine
and was fitted with a two-speed Burman
gearbox with chain for its final-drive. They sold for £180 complete, or at a reduced cost of £165 without accessories. Around 10 were manufactured before the factory was destroyed by fire.
Cyclecar
Cyclecars were small, generally inexpensive cars manufactured mainly between 1910 and the late 1920s.-General description:Cyclecars were propelled by single cylinder, V-twin or more rarely four cylinder engines, often air cooled. Sometimes these had been originally used in motorcycles and other...
manufactured in 1921 by Skeoch Utility Car Company in Dalbeattie
Dalbeattie
Dalbeattie is a town in Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland.Dalbeattie is situated in a wooded valley on the Urr Water east of Castle Douglas and south west of Dumfries...
, Kirkudbrightshire. It was powered by a 348 cc single-cylinder Precision engine
Engine
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert energy into useful mechanical motion. Heat engines, including internal combustion engines and external combustion engines burn a fuel to create heat which is then used to create motion...
and was fitted with a two-speed Burman
Burman and Sons Ltd
Burman and Sons Ltd, of Ryland Road, Birmingham, England, manufactured Burman-Douglas steering gear.Their recirculating worm and ball design of steering gear was fitted to pre-war vehicles such as the Ford Eight and the Ford Prefect, the Bedford CA, plus many other vehicles - both pre and post-war....
gearbox with chain for its final-drive. They sold for £180 complete, or at a reduced cost of £165 without accessories. Around 10 were manufactured before the factory was destroyed by fire.