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Chater-Lea were well-known motor cycle and component makers who had two phases of car manufacture. The first was in 1907 when they made a light Chater-Lea car with a 2-cylinder air-cooled engine mounted on the offside of the body, mid-way between front and rear wheels. This was hardly more than a prototype, but in 1913 the Chater-Lea car firm started to build a conventional light car using an 8hp 4-cylinder engine and shaft drive. Nearly all parts were made in the Chater-Lea company’s new nine-story factory in Banner Lane and the Chater-Lea cars were sold in some numbers. A few were made after World War 1, but the Chater-Lea company decided to concentrate on motor cycles, continuing to manufacture them until 1935 in their Letchworth factory.
Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; GNG
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