Self was a series of three

cyclecar A cyclecar was a type of small, lightweight and inexpensive motorized 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 c ...

s built by the brothers Per and Hugo Wiertz in

Svedala Svedala (, outdatedly ; is a locality and the seat of Svedala Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It bor ...

in 1916, 1919 and 1922. The first car had a single-cylinder engine, the second a four-cylinder Phänomen and the third a

Harley-Davidson Harley-Davidson, Inc. (H-D, or simply Harley) is an American motorcycle manufacturer headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded in 1903, it is one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression along with i ...

V-twin engine. The cars were basically experimental cars and were probably scrapped quite soon. However the experience came in handy when the brothers started working at

AB Thulinverken AB Thulinverken was a company in Landskrona, Sweden, founded in 1914 as Enoch Thulins Aeroplanfabrik by the airman and aircraft designer Dr. Enoch Thulin. The company became Sweden's first aircraft manufacturer. In 1920, Thulin also started ma ...

and participated in the development of the Thulin B.

References

Cyclecars Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Sweden Svedala Municipality Companies based in Skåne County 20th century in Malmöhus County {{vintage-auto-stub