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Riley Cycle Company
Riley began as the Bonnick Cycle Company of Coventry, England. In 1890, William Riley Jr. purchased the company and renamed it the Riley Cycle Company. Ultimately, the portfolio included cycle gear maker Sturmey Archer. His teenaged son, Percy, began to dabble in automobiles. He built his first car at 16, in 1898, secretly, because his father did not approve. It was the first car seen on the streets of Coventry. By 1899, Percy Riley moved from producing motorcycles to his first prototype four-wheeled quadricycle. In 1900, Riley sold a single three-wheeled automobile, but the company could not yet be considered an automobile manufacturer.
In 1903, Percy Riley began the Riley Engine Company, also in Coventry. At first, he simply supplied engines for Riley motorcycles, but the company soon began to focus on four-wheeled automobiles. Their Vee-Twin Tourer prototype, produced in 1905, can be considered the first proper Riley car. The Engine Company expanded the next year, and Riley Cycle halted motorcycle production in 1907 to focus on automobiles. Bicycle production also ceased in 1911.
In 1912, the Riley Cycle Company changed its name to Riley (Coventry) Limited as William Riley focused it on becoming a wheel supplier for the burgeoning motor industry, being an innovator of detachable wheels.
[edit] Riley Motor Manufacturing
In early 1913, Percy was joined by three of his brothers (Victor, Stanley, and Allan) in a new business focused on manufacturing entire automobiles. This Riley Motor Manufacturing Company was located near Percy's Riley Engine Company. The first new model, the 17/30, was introduced at the London Motor Show that year. Soon afterwards, Stanley Riley founded yet another company, the Nero Engine Company, to produce his own 4-cylinder 10 hp (7.5 kW) car. Riley also began manufacturing aeroplane engines and became a key supplier in Britain's buildup for World War I.
In 1918, after the war, the Riley companies were restructured. Nero joined Riley (Coventry) as the sole producer of automobiles. Riley Motor Manufacturing came under the control of Allan Riley to become Midland Motor Bodies, a coachbuilder for Riley. Riley Engine Company continued under Percy as the engine supplier. At this time, Riley's blue diamond badge, designed by Harry Rush, also appeared. The motto was "As old as the industry, as modern as the hour."
1935 Riley Nine FalconRiley grew rapidly through the 1920s and 1930s. Riley Engine produced 4-, 6-, and 8-cylinder engines, while Midland built more than a dozen different bodies. Riley models at this time included:
Saloons: Adelphi, Deauville, Falcon, Kestrel, Mentone, Merlin, Monaco, Stelvio
Coupes: Ascot, Lincock, Gamecock
Touring: Alpine, Lynx
Sports: Brooklands, Imp, MPH, Sprite
Limousines: Edinburgh, Winchester
The Riley Brooklands was one of the most successful works and privateer racing cars of the late 1920's and early 1930's, particularly in hill climbs and at Le Mans, providing a platform for the success of motorsports' first women racing drivers like Kay Petrie and Dorothy Champney It was based around Percy Riley's ground-breaking Riley 9 engine, a small capacity, high revving engine, ahead of its time in many respects. Its longevity is illustrated by Stirling Moss's early racing success after WW2 in pre-war Riley's. But by about 1936 the company had overextended, with too many models and too few common parts, and the emeregnce of Jaguar at Coventry was a direct challenge. Victor Riley had set up a new ultra-luxury concern, Autovia, to produce a V8 saloon and limousine to compete with Rolls-Royce. Meanwhile, Riley Engine Company had been renamed PR Motors (after Percy Riley) to be a high-volume supplier of engines and components. Although the rest of the Riley companies would go on to become part of BMC, PR Motors remained independent. After the death of Percy Riley in 1941, the company began producing transmission components and still exists today as Newage Transmissions.
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1933 RILEY SPECIAL 12/4, 1933 Riley 12/4 Special Vintage Racecars/n 607786Fully Restored and Finish in Bright RedLike so many of the pre-war single seater racecars, this car has a unique and romantic history. Formed into its current configuration by David Fairly of Ireland, this car was the product of his early, cash strapped, racing ambitions. In 1959 Fairly pulled this engine out of a road going Riley 12/4 which had been abandon in a field, and mounted a Roots style supercharger to it. He located the Armstrong pre-selector gearbox and narrowed the chassis to its single seater format. Fairly assembled the finned alloy hydraulic drum brakes, which remain on the car today. Unfortunately, in pre-season testing for the 1960 season on the roads outside of Belfast, Fairly found æthe engine to have been worn out and the project a disappointmentæ. With no capital to improve the car he parked it and attempted to race an Alvis Special he bought for 15 pounds sterling which was æeven worseæ. In 1970, now more financially sound, Fairly extracted the Riley Special from the back of his shed and rebuilt it properly. He obtained VSCC papers and raced the car with much success in historic races in England in 1970. David Fairly sold the car to Malcolm Dunsworm who continued to race it in England through 1990 in much the same configuration.Recently the car has seen a comprehensive restoration. Much of the work was done by specialist in their respective fields. The Chassis was reworked by Phil Venables, heads by Riley guru Goldflow, gearbox by pre-selector expert Bill Morris, and the final assembly overseen by Mika Hakkinenæs chief engineer from the 1998-9 seasons. While in the US the car was race prepped by Don Colemanæs Competition Motors for vintage events at Lime Rock Park and a hill climb at Mt. Equinox in 2004. The car is in outstanding cosmetic condition and, with some minor detailing, would be fit for showing. It is eligible for any historic racing series in the US, including General Racing which hosts both the Monterey Historics and the Wine Country Classic. The shorter, tighter tracks of the West Coast favor lighter, small bore cars like this Riley. With its excellent power to weight ratio, we can expect it to be competitive among the Alfa Romeo P3s and Monzas, and ERAs, and at a fraction of the cost.With the car comes a small box of spares, letters from David Fairly relating to the cars history, notes on the restoration, and a VSCCA logbook.
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