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Addison Motor Company

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TheAddison Motor Company was an English automobile company based inLiverpool. James Harold Atherton was the sole proprietor and works manager from 1903 until 1918.^[1]

The6+1⁄2 hp (4.8 kW) two-cylinder engine was controlled by variable-liftinlet valves. It was promoted as "theMercedes of thetri-car world".^[2]^[3]

The company also produced motorcycles in 1904–1905.^[2]

The Addison touring car and tri-car were shown and well received byThe Motor at the ninth Liverpool Motor Show.^[4]

The Addison tri-car won a silver medal at a hill-climbing contest held by theUniversity of Liverpool Motor Club on 13 July 1905.^[5]

In January 1912, it was reported that the company was so successful that they had to open a separate showroom at 7 Berry Street in Liverpool for their Alldays and Phoenix cars.^[6]

Another car the company sold was the Speedwell.^[7]

Around 1922, the company expanded to a larger garage.^[8]

References

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^"James Harold Atherton - Graces Guide".www.gracesguide.co.uk. Retrieved8 August 2020.
^^a ^bBacon, Roy (2004).The British Motorcycle Directory: Over 1,100 Marques from 1888. The Crowood Press. p. 12.ISBN 978-1861266743.
^The Motor. IPC Specialist & Professional Press Limited. 1904.
^Motor. IPC Specialist & Professional Press Limited. 1905.^{[page needed]}
^Spooner, Stanley (1905).The Auto: The Motorist's Pictorial. Pictorial Press.^{[page needed]}
^The Autocar: A Journal Published in the Interests of the Mechanically Propelled Road Carriage. Iliffe, sons & Sturmey Limited. 1912.^{[page needed]}
^"New Motor Cars".The Guardian. 9 February 1907. p. 6. Retrieved8 August 2020.
^The Commercial Motor. Temple Press Limited. 1922.^{[page needed]}