Alldays

GB, 1898 – 1918

Alldays and Onion  Pneumatic Engineering Co Ltd, Birmingham

The firm’s first car was the Traveller, a wheel-steered quadricycle made in private and commercial forms. The rear end was unsprung, and power was provided by a 4hp De Dion single-cylinder engine. A shaft-driven light car, also single-cylindered, followed in 1903, but the company really made its name with the 1.6-litre vertical-twin side valve 10/12 which lasted from 1905 to 1913. This car was popular with commercial travelers and also did well in formula events at the hill-climbs of the period. A 16hp 4-cylinder car joined the range in 1906, and in 1908 the Enfield Autocar Co was acquired.
Thereafter the range was rationalized; most models were sold under both brand-names, the Alldays contribution being the well-established twin and fours of 14hp and 20hp, all shaft-driven. A 30/35hp six was listed from 1911 to 1914, compressed-air starters were optional in 1911, and in 1913 came the 990cc V twin Midget cyclecar with air cooling and shaft drive, at £138 10s. An 1.100cc 4-cylinder version with bullnose radiator appeared in 1914 and was popular at £175. Pair-cast side valve fours rated at 12/14, 16/20 and 25/30hp completed the immediate pre-war range. A further phase of rationalization after World War I resulted in the Enfield-Allday cars.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; MCS

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