Allvelo
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Allvelo was a company founded by Fritiof Karlström in Landskrona
. They mostly made bicycles, but between 1903 and 1907 they assembled and sold CKD cars and trucks under their own name. For instance, they sold Waltham the US Orient
Buckboard as Allvelo Orient and Allvelo Pansarmobil Sporthttp://www.kulturen.com/3/3405.htm and the french Orel
as Allvelo Orel. They also sold UK made truck under the name Allvelo Vulcan. In 1907 they made a prototype of a car of their own design, but it never entered into production. As most the company had about 150 employees.
It was a short-lived Swedish
automobile built by the Allmanna Velociped-Aktiebolaget of Landskrona
from 1904 to 1906. The company began by importing bicycles, but soon decided to purchase unassembled Waltham Orient Buckboards from the United States
. These they assembled and sold as All-Velos; all told, probably around 50 were assembled. Most parts other than the steering, axles, and engines were of wood. Each car had a single-cylinder air-cooled engine mounted at the rear, with friction drive
. Brakes were fitted on the right rear wheel only, and the cars had tiller steering.
Landskrona
Landskrona is a locality and the seat of Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 28,670 inhabitants in 2005.-History:The city of Landskrona was founded at the location of Scania's best natural harbour, as a means of King Eric of Pomerania's anti-Hanseatic policy, intended to compete...
. They mostly made bicycles, but between 1903 and 1907 they assembled and sold CKD cars and trucks under their own name. For instance, they sold Waltham the US Orient
Orient
The Orient means "the East." It is a traditional designation for anything that belongs to the Eastern world or the Far East, in relation to Europe. In English it is a metonym that means various parts of Asia.- Derivation :...
Buckboard as Allvelo Orient and Allvelo Pansarmobil Sporthttp://www.kulturen.com/3/3405.htm and the french Orel
Oryol
Oryol or Orel is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River, approximately south-southwest of Moscow...
as Allvelo Orel. They also sold UK made truck under the name Allvelo Vulcan. In 1907 they made a prototype of a car of their own design, but it never entered into production. As most the company had about 150 employees.
It was a short-lived Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
automobile built by the Allmanna Velociped-Aktiebolaget of Landskrona
Landskrona
Landskrona is a locality and the seat of Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 28,670 inhabitants in 2005.-History:The city of Landskrona was founded at the location of Scania's best natural harbour, as a means of King Eric of Pomerania's anti-Hanseatic policy, intended to compete...
from 1904 to 1906. The company began by importing bicycles, but soon decided to purchase unassembled Waltham Orient Buckboards from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. These they assembled and sold as All-Velos; all told, probably around 50 were assembled. Most parts other than the steering, axles, and engines were of wood. Each car had a single-cylinder air-cooled engine mounted at the rear, with friction drive
Friction drive
A friction Drive or friction engine is a type of transmission that, instead of a chain and sprockets, uses 2 wheels in the transmission to transfer power to the driving wheels. This kind of transmission is often used on scooters, mainly go-peds, in place of a chain.An example of this system is in...
. Brakes were fitted on the right rear wheel only, and the cars had tiller steering.