Dewcar

Dewcar

Manufacturer	D.E.W. Engineering Co Ltd
Production	1913-1914
Successor	Victor
Class	cyclecar
Engine	Precision single- or twin-cylinder
Transmission	two- or three-speed

The Dewcar was a British four-wheeled cyclecar made from 1913 to 1914 by D.E.W. Engineering Co Ltd of Eynsford, Kent. The car was designed by Harold E. Dew and was developed through a series of one-offs starting in 1910.

The first production models were made in 1913 with single-seat bodies and used a single-cylinder Precision engine with a tax horsepower of 4.5. A two-seater was added shortly afterwards with a larger twin-cylinder engine with either air- or water-cooling. The single seater cost £75 and the two-seater £95 or £115 with the water-cooled option. ^[1]

D.Ultra car

Harold Dew left the company in February 1914 and set up a new concern in Clapham, London registered as D. U. Manufacturing making a car called the D. Ultra. This was available as either a two-seat car or delivery van and used a Chater-Lea 8 hp V-twin engine with 4-speed friction transmission. A four-seat model was added for 1915.

Production seems to have stopped in 1916.^[1]

Plans for the car were published in the Model Engineer magazine in 1919.^[2]

Victor car

After Harold Dew left D.E.W. Engineering production of the original car was taken up by Victor Motors, still in Eynford and possibly the same company re-registered under a new name. A 965 cc precision V-twin engine was used. In 1915 manufacture moved to Tyler Apparatus of Ealing, London with a larger 1100 cc 4-cylinder engine. The last ones were made in 1920 ^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Georgano, N. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-57958-293-1. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Baldwin, N. (1994). A-Z of Cars of the 1920s. Devon, UK: Bay View Books. ISBN 1-870979-53-2.