Jackson

GB, 1899 – 1915

(1) Yorkshire Motorcar Manufacturing Co Ltd, Bradford, Yorks., 1899 – 1900

(2) Reynold-Jackson & Co Ltd, London W., 1903 – 1915

The original Jackson car used an imported single-cylinder engine, probably a De Dion Bouton, but the few production Jackson cars made in Yorkshire used a 4hp horizontal 2-cylinder Mytholm engine (Later cars were called Mytholms). In 1900 R. Reynold-Jackson went to London where he sold the American Century, Buckmobile and Covert cars. In 1903 he began to sell Jackson cars under his own name, using Lacoste et Battmann chassis and 6 or 9hp De Dion engines. The Jackson cars were originally dos-a-dos dogcarts, but soon conventional seating was adopted.

Later Jackson cars included a wide variety of vehicles such as early examples of estate wagon and some astonishing Jackson sports cars using very long stroke De Dion Bouton single-cylinder engines. The 1909 Jackson Black Demon racer had a 9/11hp engine whose dimensions were 104x213mm, and a sloping slipper-shaped bonnet coming to a sharp point. Other Jackson cars in the 1909 range included a 6hp two-seater at 100gns, a 9hp 2-cylinder and a 12/15hp 4-cylinder Jackson car. The 1913 light Jackson car used a 4-cylinder Chapuis-Dornier engine and a pointed radiator à la Métallurgique, while the Jackson car company also made a 3-wheel cyclecar that year; this had a 1.350cc V-twin JAP engine.

US, 1903 – 1923

Jackson Automobile Co, Jackson, Mich.

For their first year of production this Jackson car company made both steam and petrol cars, both called Jaxon. The Jackson car steamer used a 3-cylinder vertical engine of 6hp, chain drive and a folding seat. It was out of production by 1904. The petrol Jackson car had a single-cylinder engine, and generally resembled the Curved Dash Oldsmobile. A 2-cylinder Jackson car was introduced in 1904, and a 4-cylinder in 1906, in which year there were three Jackson car models, an old type 20hp 2-cylinder with engine under the seat, and chain drive, and two front-engined, shaft-driven cars, a 20hp 2-cylinder and a 30/35hp 4-cylinder. From then on, the Jackson car followed conventional lines, a Northway-engined six being introduced in 1913, and V8 with ohv Ferro engine from 1916 to 1918.

Later Jackson cars had a Rolls-Royce type radiator, but the last Jackson car, made in 1923, was a very ordinary looking car made by the Associated Motors combine who had also acquired Dixie Flyer and National. The 1923 Jackson Six was sold in its final models as the National Model 6-51.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; GNG

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