Perry (car)

The Perry was a British car made by the Perry Motor Company based in Tyseley, Birmingham who made cars between 1913 and 1916.
History
The company can trace its roots back to 1824 with James and Stephen Perry making pens in a workshop in London, later moving to Birmingham and building bicycles. By the late 1890s they were having financial problems and were bought by James William Bayliss, part owner of the Bayliss-Thomas car making company.
Their first car, a three-wheeler, was made in 1899 followed by a forecar in 1903. Cecil Bayliss, the son of the new owner, built a cyclecar in 1911 with an 800 cc Fafnir engine, and this was developed into the first Perry car to reach production.

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Overview
Manufacturer - Perry Motor Company
Production - 1912-1915
approx 800 made
Designer - Cecil Bayliss
Body and chassis
Class - cyclecar
Body style - two-seat open with optional dickey seat
Powertrain
Engine - Perry twin-cylinder 875 cc
Transmission - 3-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase - 84 or 90 inches (2132 or 2284 mm)
Length - 123 inches (3124 mm)
Width - 56 inches (1422 mm)
Chronology
Successor - none

The Perry cyclecar was described as 'just placed on the market' when exhibited at the November 1912 Motor Cycle and Cycle Car Show at Olympia. It was described as 'an exact replica of a full-sized model, but is of exceptionally light weight - less than 7cwt'.
The engine for the car was built in-house and was a twin-cylinder vertical water cooled unit, with 72 mm (2.83 in) bore and 108 mm (4.25 in) stroke, unusual in that both pistons rose and fell at the same time. Drive was to the rear wheels through a 3-speed gearbox with reverse and worm-driven axle and spur differential. The rear springing was unusual in that the long semi-elliptic leaf springs were supplemented by coil springs. It was fitted with Sankey detachable wheels and Dunlop tyres.
The basic body was an open two-seater, but a long-wheelbase version allowing a dickey seat was also available.
About 800 were made.

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