19:
80:
64:. This factory was large enough to include a covered test track. Production started in 1920 with the assembly of kits bought in from the Willys-Overland Canadian plant. WOC's first design contribution was to offer British bodies to fit the Model 4's chassis. The Willys-Knight sleeve-valve-engined car was also offered.
75:
For 1926, the
Whippet car was introduced, but like its forerunners, this car did not suit the British and European markets, and sales still failed to meet target. The company experimented with their own design of small car known as the X car. Prototypes were well received, but production was vetoed
112:
was purchased, but it was too late to turn the company into profitability and, in 1932, Crossley Motors dissolved the partnership with Willys-Overland, which went into voluntary liquidation in 1933. Production limped on for another two years, with the final production coming in 1934. The factory
92:
was announced and they were launched under the
Manchester name. Initial models were rated at 25 and 35 long hundredweight (2,800 and 3,900 lb; 1,300 and 1,800 kg) but were soon joined by a 2-long-ton (4,500 lb) model. WOC also assembled Willys C101 trucks, sold as Willys-Commercial,
71:
engine. This was joined later in the year by the six-cylinder Model 93. Sales did not reach expectations, and the company reported a large loss for the year. The company structure meant that responsibility for this loss fell on
Crossley Motors, which had to sell the AVRO aircraft company to keep
87:
The company also produced commercial vehicles. First models were built on Model 4 chassis but in 1924 Heaton Chapel designed their own 1 ton model using mainly
Overland parts. This was replaced in 1926 by an upgraded 30cwt version. In 1926, a new range using
107:
John North Willys sold his shares in the company in 1929 and resigned from the board. Car production was stopped in 1929 following continuing losses and the firm concentrated on its profitable commercial vehicles. In 1931, the car business of
190:
56:
on behalf of Willys-Overland agreed to set up a
British operation to import, manufacture and sell a high volume of cars based on the Overland 4 model. Crossley Motors provided the
195:
96:
In 1928, the Berlin factory opened, under the ownership of Willys-Overland
Crossley GmbH, to assemble Whippets, followed in 1930 by a plant in Antwerp. The
200:
170:
100:
caused both factories to close in 1930, although the Berlin factory re-opened quickly to become an assembly plant for the
154:
49:, Belgium. The company was formed in 1919 and continued until 1934. They manufactured cars, buses and trucks.
114:
67:
In 1925, a version of the Willys-Overland Model 91 called the
Overland 13.9 was produced using a
60:, Stockport aircraft factory they had recently bought from the government after the end of
8:
164:
150:
53:
18:
97:
89:
79:
34:
30:
184:
68:
57:
61:
144:
38:
101:
93:
but they quickly gained a reputation for poor engine reliability.
46:
22:
Share of the Willys
Overland Crossley Ltd, issued 4 January 1933
42:
191:
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United
Kingdom
109:
196:
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1919
182:
145:Michael Eyre; Chris Heaps; Alan Townsin (2002).
169:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
140:
138:
136:
134:
132:
130:
201:1919 establishments in the United Kingdom
78:
17:
127:
183:
83:A 1927 Willys Overland Crossley lorry
13:
14:
212:
29:was a company jointly owned by
1:
120:
52:In 1919, Crossley Motors and
7:
10:
217:
37:. They had factories in
27:Willys Overland Crossley
115:Fairey Aviation Company
84:
76:by John North Willys.
23:
82:
21:
85:
24:
54:John North Willys
208:
175:
174:
168:
160:
142:
113:was sold to the
98:Great Depression
90:Lycoming engines
216:
215:
211:
210:
209:
207:
206:
205:
181:
180:
179:
178:
162:
161:
157:
149:. London: OPC.
143:
128:
123:
45:, Germany; and
35:Willys-Overland
31:Crossley Motors
12:
11:
5:
214:
204:
203:
198:
193:
177:
176:
155:
125:
124:
122:
119:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
213:
202:
199:
197:
194:
192:
189:
188:
186:
172:
166:
158:
156:0-86093-574-4
152:
148:
141:
139:
137:
135:
133:
131:
126:
118:
116:
111:
105:
103:
99:
94:
91:
81:
77:
73:
70:
65:
63:
59:
58:Heaton Chapel
55:
50:
48:
44:
40:
36:
32:
28:
20:
16:
146:
106:
95:
86:
74:
66:
51:
26:
25:
15:
62:World War I
41:, England;
185:Categories
121:References
165:cite book
39:Stockport
147:Crossley
102:Austin 7
72:going.
47:Antwerp
153:
69:Morris
43:Berlin
171:link
151:ISBN
33:and
110:AJS
187::
167:}}
163:{{
129:^
117:.
104:.
173:)
159:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
