Dawson Car Company
Dawson Car Company was created in June 1918 by AJ Dawson, previously works manager at
Hillman.
The only car made by the company was the 11-12 hp with 1795 cc overhead camshaft engine coupled to a 3 speed gearbox. It was available in four body styles, most bodied by Charlesworth, and unusually, customers could not buy a chassis only. Most were sold in Dawson Blue with black wings. Final production seems to have been in 1921 after about 70 cars were made.
The
Dawson cars were expensive, the cheapest being £750 for the 2 seater, and could not compete with
Morris and
Austin. Nearly all the components were made in-house. In 1921 the
Triumph Cycle Company Ltd. bought Dawson's premises and fittings in Clay Lane, Stoke,
Coventry.
