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Gallay Radiator Co

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March 1919.
1939.
Dec 1939.

Gallay Radiator Co of 103-9 Scrubs Lane, Willesden, London, NW10

Owned the British rights to the Swiss Gallay radiator.

1919 Harper Bean Ltd was formed as a public company to bring together a number of interests in car manufacturing, including Gallay Radiator Co Ltd (which owned all of the assets of Aero-Motor Components Ltd)[1].

1921 The new Harper Bean management decided that the 2 radiator companies, Gallay and Alexander Mosses, would be operated as one unit under Mr L T Delaney[2].

1922 Luke Terence Delaney and Gallay Radiator Co Ltd patented "Improvements in or relating to vehicle headlights"

1933 Gallay Radiator Co was wound up voluntarily[3]

1934 Gallay Ltd was operating from the Scrubs Lane address, offering trunk extender for car boots; fitting at their service station in Carlton Vale NW4[4]

1934 Chausson Gallay was a recognised supplier of radiators for vehicles[5]

By 1935 Chausson Gallay Ltd was operating from the Scrubs Lane address.

c.1937 Gallay Ltd moved to Edgware Road, Cricklewood

1937 Aviation and general sheet metal workers. "Gallay" Tanks, Radiators, Oil Coolers etc. [6]

1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers

WWII Principal supplier of radiators for use with the Merlin engine.[7]

1960 Patents continued to be registered under the name of Gallay Ltd until 1960, a patent on "Improvements in or relating to devices for providing heated air in vehicles"

There seems to have been an overlap with Delaney Gallay but unsure specific connection between the 2 firms.

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, 1 December 1919
  2. The Times, 26 July 1921
  3. London Gazette 7 April 1933
  4. The Times Mar. 20, 1934
  5. Commercial Motor 21st September 1934
  6. 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
  7. The Times Oct. 5, 2006