| 1898-1900
In
1898, the Great
Horsless Carriage Company,
which had constructed the bodies for the Daimler chassis had
gone into liquidation and from it, a new company, called the
Motor Manufacturing Company was formed. Having land leased
from Daimler, they built a forge and went into production
using their own engines and chassis. Also, in the same year,
the original Daimler motor syndicate, which had become the
British Motor Syndicate, now became the British Motor Company.
By this time, it was struggling to hold onto the patents which
Harry J. Lawson had originally bought and had Licensed to
the Daimler Motor Company and other motor manufacturers. July
1899 saw the first motor
accident in Britain,
when Edwin
Sewell and Major Richer were killed as the rear wheel of their
6HP Daimler collapsed and they were thrown from their car
on Grove Hill, Harrow. In mid 1900, Simms had proposed a merger
between Daimler Coventry and Daimler Connstatt, but the Daimler
Motor Company identity was firmly established and the board
turned him down. |
