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Ashton-Evans was an
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car manufactured in
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from 1919 to 1928 by an engineering company who also made railway locomotives and aircraft parts. The cars were designed by E Bailey who had been with
SunbeamSunbeam was a marque registered by John Marston Co. Ltd of Wolverhampton, England, in 1888. The company first made bicycles, then motorcycles and cars from the late 19th century to circa 1936, and applied the marque to all three forms of transportation. The company also manufactured 647 aircraft...
and T Bedford.
The first car of the marque had a rear track of only to avoid the need for a differential, but a normal rear axle was used from 1920 on when the car name changed to Ashton before reverting to Ashton-Evans in 1921.
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Ashton-Evans was an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
car manufactured in
BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
from 1919 to 1928 by an engineering company who also made railway locomotives and aircraft parts. The cars were designed by E Bailey who had been with
SunbeamSunbeam was a marque registered by John Marston Co. Ltd of Wolverhampton, England, in 1888. The company first made bicycles, then motorcycles and cars from the late 19th century to circa 1936, and applied the marque to all three forms of transportation. The company also manufactured 647 aircraft...
and T Bedford.
The first car of the marque had a rear track of only to avoid the need for a differential, but a normal rear axle was used from 1920 on when the car name changed to Ashton before reverting to Ashton-Evans in 1921. Most cars featured 1½-litre, 4 cylinder Coventry Simplex engines and three speed constant-mesh gearboxes with selection made by dog clutches. Some of the early cars might have had two cylinder engines. Two and four seat open bodies were available.
Car production was temporarily suspended in 1927 but never resumed.
As many as 250 might have been made.