All British Ford

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The ABF or All British Ford was a car manufactured by Canadian born garage owner and inventor Albert (Bertie) Ford in Kenilworth, Warwickshire between 1918 and 1920. Engines used included a water-cooled two-stroke flat-twin and a four-stroke 4-cylinder V-pattern with shaft drive to the rear wheels via a 3-speed gearbox in unit with the engine.[1]

Series production was intended but a combination of the early post-war slump in England, illness to Ford and competition from better-funded manufacturers meant that only prototypes were built.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Georgano, N. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
  2. ^ Baldwin, Nick, "A-Z of Cars of the 1920s", Bay View Books, Bideford, Devon, 1998 ISBN 1-901432-09-2