W.W. (Winter), was an early British car made by Winter and Company of

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, London. They made two models between 1913 and 1914. The first car, the W.W. of 1913 was a light car powered by an 8 hp V-twin engine bought in from the Precision company. This drove the rear wheels through a gear box by

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and shaft drive to a worm gear final drive on the rear axle. For 1914 production changed to a

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. This was sold as a Winter and had a Blumfield engine and friction drive with belt to the rear axle. The number made is not known.

References

* David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: ''The Complete Catalogue of British Cars 1895-1975.'' Veloce Publishing plc, Dorchester 1997, . * Harald Linz, Halwart Schrader: ''Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie.'' United Soft Media Verlag, München 2008, . * George Nick Georgano (Chefredakteur): ''The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.'' Volume 3: ''P–Z.'' Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, {{ISBN, 1-57958-293-1. (englisch) Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England Cyclecars Motor vehicle manufacturers based in London Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1913 Companies based in the London Borough of Wandsworth

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