The Dallison was an English

cyclecar A cyclecar was a type of small, lightweight and inexpensive car manufactured in Europe and the United States between 1910 and the early 1920s. The purpose of cyclecars was to fill a gap in the market between the motorcycle and the car. A key c ...

made in 1913 only by the Dallison Gearing and Motor Co Ltd based in

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. The car was powered by a

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air- or water-cooled, V twin engine driving the rear wheels by, unusually, a five-speed gearbox and

worm gear A worm drive is a gear arrangement in which a worm (which is a gear in the form of a screw) meshes with a worm wheel (which is similar in appearance to a spur gear). The two elements are also called the worm screw and worm gear. The terminolo ...

final drive. It was planned to make 30 cars a week but it is unlikely that this actually happened.

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Cyclecars Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England Vehicles introduced in 1913 1913 in England Defunct companies based in Birmingham, West Midlands {{England-company-stub

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