Dayton (cyclecar)

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Dayton, Dayton Dandy, was a British automobile manufactured in 1922 by the Charles Day Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in the London Borough of Hackney W10. The Dandy was a Cyclecar with a single cylinder Blackburne engine producing 4 hp (2.9 kW). [1] [2]

London Borough of Hackney Borough in United Kingdom

The London Borough of Hackney is a London Borough in Inner London, United Kingdom. The historical and administrative heart of Hackney is Mare Street, which lies 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Charing Cross. The borough is named after Hackney, its principal district.

Cyclecar tiny car designs briefly popular in the 1910s–20s

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.

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  1. The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. 2001.
  2. Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie. 2008.

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