The Woodrow was a British

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 ...

manufactured in

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from 1913 to 1915. The 1913 cars were powered by a choice of water or air-cooled V twin engine of 964 cc made by

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, with a three-speed gearbox and chain drive to a back axle that was unusually, for cyclecars of the time, fitted with a differential). In 1914 or possibly 1915 the engine was replaced by a larger 'Precision' V twin, water-cooled only, of 1090 cc made by F. E. Baker Ltd. A sports version was also made with a very long tapered bonnet. The cars were quite large by cyclecar standards, with a width of 48 inches (1219 mm) and length of 130 inches (3302 mm).

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{{reflist Vintage vehicles Cyclecars Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England History of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Companies based in Stockport

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