Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,964 pages of information and 246,440 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Stanley Engineering Co

From Graces Guide
1938.
1950. Argson invalid carriage.

of Egham, Surrey

of Monskdale Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Somerset

1932 Stanley was a motorcycle based on a stock tricycle, the machine was fitted with a 98cc Villiers engine, hung from the rear axle and with spur gears to drive the clutch and a differential. Aimed at the elderly market, to offer assistance and stability, it failed to catch on.

1938 M5 engine built for Marconi and rated at 1 hp [1]

1938 Advert: Argson Invalid carriage and Marconi-Stanley portable engine for wireless transmitters

1954/5 Acquired by C. E. Harper Aircraft Co from Metropole Industries[2]

1958 Maker of petrol and electric invalid cars and equipment for the disabled; part of the Harper Group[3]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. A-Z of British Stationary Engines by Patrick Knight. Published 1999. ISBN 1 873098 50 2
  2. The Times, Dec 06, 1954
  3. The Times, Feb 20, 1958
  • The British Motorcycle Directory - Over 1,100 Marques from 1888 - by Roy Bacon and Ken Hallworth. Pub: The Crowood Press 2004 ISBN 1 86126 674 X
  • The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle by Peter Henshaw. Published 2007. ISBN 978 1 8401 3967 9