Sold | 1902 MMC 10hp Twin-Cylinder Rear-Entrance Tonneau Registration no. DR 14 Chassis no. 614 Engine no. 2109

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1902 MMC 10hp Twin-Cylinder Rear-Entrance Tonneau Registration no. DR 14 Chassis no. 614 Engine no. 2109

United Kingdom • 11 Apr 2022

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This 1902 MMC 10hp Twin-Cylinder Rear-Entrance Tonneau is a significant piece of British automotive history, having been rescued from a scrapyard in 1951 and meticulously restored. With a known ownership history since 2000 and continuous maintenance by N P Veteran Engineering, this vehicle has proven its reliability through participation in numerous London to Brighton Veteran Car Runs.

Condition

8

The car has been restored by N P Veteran Engineering (Nigel Parrott) in the early 2000s and maintained by them since. It has successfully participated in almost every London to Brighton Veteran Car Run and has been used for touring and even weddings. Restoration bills totaling £65,000 are on file, indicating a high level of care and investment.

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DR 14

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• An important short-lived British marque • Present ownership since 2000 • Restored by N P Veteran Engineering (Nigel Parrott) in the early 2000s • Maintained by N P Veteran Engineering The Motor Manufacturing Company (MMC) was successor to The Great Horseless Carriage Company, which had been founded in 1897 by the infamous entrepreneur and latter fraudster, Harry J Lawson, and was part of his British Motor Syndicate.

Lawson had sought to establish a monopoly of motor manufacturing in Britain by obtaining as many related patents as possible, starting with those of the German Daimler company.

His efforts, like those of the Selden patent's owners in the USA, would be frustrated by the courts.

The Great Horseless Carriage Company shared the Motor Mills in Coventry with Daimler's British offshoot and commenced production in 1897 using Daimler engines and gearboxes, while the bodies and wheels were of its own manufacture.

Reorganised as The Motor Manufacturing Company in 1898, it contin...