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An Ariel VB 600cc with a sidecar, 1956. Artist: Unknown

An Ariel VB 600cc with a sidecar, 1956. Parked outside a cottage, with a smiling woman sitting in the sidecar. The company was founded by James Starley and William Hillman in 1870 to make bicycles and the first patented tensioned wire-spoke wheel. Ariel first made a powered tricycle in 1898 using a de Dion engine. They made their first motorized two-wheeler in 1901, powered by Kerry engines, selling them in 1902. The company closed in 1970.
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Title:
An Ariel VB 600cc with a sidecar, 1956. Artist: Unknown
Caption:
An Ariel VB 600cc with a sidecar, 1956. Parked outside a cottage, with a smiling woman sitting in the sidecar. The company was founded by James Starley and William Hillman in 1870 to make bicycles and the first patented tensioned wire-spoke wheel. Ariel first made a powered tricycle in 1898 using a de Dion engine. They made their first motorized two-wheeler in 1901, powered by Kerry engines, selling them in 1902. The company closed in 1970.
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Album / National Motor Museum / Heritage Images
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5054 x 3727 px | 53.9 MB
Print size:
42.8 x 31.6 cm | 16.8 x 12.4 in (300 dpi)