c.1910s Wall Auto Wheel
No Reserve

Registration No: Unregistered
Frame No: None
Engine No: 43295
CC: 118
MOT: Exempt

• Early engine designed to attach to a bicycle
• Fastened at the side of the push bikes rear wheel
• 118cc air cooled engine controlled by a single lever

The Wall Auto Wheel was designed by Arthur W. Wall of Birmingham in 1908 and made by Auto-Wheel Ltd between 1909-1914. A 20-inch wheel is attached to a one horsepower single-cylinder, air-cooled petrol engine of 118cc, featuring an atmospheric inlet valve and side exhaust valve. The engine was mounted in a subframe that allowed it to be attached alongside the rear wheel of a pedal cycle at three points with the motor driving its own integral wheel. It was controlled by a single lever and cable fitted to the handlebars. With some very imaginative publicity in the day, it proved to be popular prior to the First World War giving many people their first taste of powered transport.

This fascinating little engine, being offered at no reserve, is possibly over 110 years old and should make a very interesting winter project and once attached to a period push bike will create a lot of interest wherever it is used. It appears they were made between 1909 and 1914 but it's hard to be definitive with it's actual age as it would never have been registered.

For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415871189