- Thomson & Taylor
Thomson & Taylor were a motor-racing engineering and car-building firm, based within the
Brooklands race track. They were active between the Wars and built several of the famousland speed record breaking cars of the day.Thomas Inventions Development Co. Ltd.
The firm was founded as "Thomas Inventions Development Co. Ltd." by
J. G. Parry-Thomas & Major Ken Thomson.cite book
title=The Fast Set
author=Charles Jennings
isbn=0349115966
publisher=Abacus
date=2005] Their workshops were based inside the circuit atBrooklands , a convenient location for their customers, who raced at this circuit. Parry-Thomas lived next door in a bungalow named "The Hermitage".Thomson & Taylor
After Parry-Thomas' death whilst driving "Babs" in 1927, Major Ken Thomson carried on, joined by
Ken Taylor , under the new name of "Thomson & Taylor".Reid Railton , who had previously worked for Parry-Thomas at Leyland joined them as Technical Director and chief designer.Notable cars
* Bluebird (1931)
*
Napier-Railton (1933)* Bluebird (1933)cite web
title=Engine and chassis of 1935 Bluebird in the workshops.
url=http://www.brooklandsarchives.com/Gallery_C5/target0.html
publisher=Brooklands photo archive
format=photo]* ERA racing cars. 17 Railton-designed chassis were built from 1934, then completed with
Peter Berthon -tuned Riley-derived engines by the ERA factory at Bourne. cite web
title=ERA R1A sale
url=http://www.bonhams.com/Magazine/Issue15/Issue15.22.pdf
publisher=Bonhams ] cite journal
title=Iconic ERA for sale at Bonhams, 2008
url=http://www.classiccarsmagazine.co.uk/news.php?sid=581&page=1
journal=Classic Cars magazine]References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
