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Victoria
Motor and Cycle Co. Ltd., Dennistoun,
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VICTORIA A relatively rare bird is this 1914 3½ hp s.v. Victoria - it had a Precision engine (85 x 88) with
a fixed gear. It was made by Victoria Motor and Cycle Co. Ltd., of Dennistoun, Glasgow, with handlebar-control Bosch
magneto, Brown and Barlow carburettor, Dunlop 2⅜ in. tyres and Brooks
Bl70 saddle and panniers. It sold at £38. |
The "New Victoria" Cycle Manufacturing Co of
Scotland was based in Craigpark
Street and 367 Alexandra
Parade in Dennistoun, and had premises at 71 Cathedral
Street and 78-82 Hanover Street in the centre of Glasgow. Customers could
watch their bicycles being made there. The firm subsequently changed its name, first
to the Victoria Manufacturing Co, and later to The Victoria Motor & Cycle
Co, and diversified into the manufacture of motor cycles. They started out making bicycles in the late 1890’s, but
diversified from about 1904 into making motorcycles. They were the most
successful Scottish motorcycle ever made. |
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Details of this and other bikes are in the Catalogues -
1922 Catalogue |
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See also
An interesting Link Bob James has discovered that at Coventry
Archives they have the
records of a firm of local Stockbrokers by the name of Daffern. In amongst these are the balance sheets of
all their client firms including the Victoria
Motor and Cycle Co. Ltd of Glasgow, 1913, 1915-1916 The catalogue entry is at http://www.a2a.org.uk/html/144-pa606.htm but the actual records are not on-line. |
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