The Ascot was made by
Societe Buchet,
Levallois-Perret, Seine, from 1914 to 1915. It was an
Anglo-French product, the
chassis
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being built for
Hollingdrake Automobile Co. of
Stockport, who fitted their own bodies, mainly being two-seaters and
coupes
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The term ''coupé'' was first applied to horse-drawn carriages for two passengers without rear-facing seats. It comes from the French past parti ...
. The engine was a 10 hp
side-valve
A flathead engine, also known as a sidevalve engine''American Rodder'', 6/94, pp.45 & 93. or valve-in-block engine is an internal combustion engine with its poppet valves contained within the engine block, instead of in the cylinder head, as ...
with the gearbox in unit with it. It was to sell for 195 pounds.
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France
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