Castle Three

The Castle Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles that produced in the Castle Mill Works in the New Road in Kidderminster ( Worcestershire ). The company was originally an auto repair shop, which was founded in 1906 by brothers Stanley and Laughton Goodwin, during the First World War produced munitions and got in the car business after the war in the boom times.

From 1919 to 1922, the company introduced a three-wheeled small car under the name Castle Three forth. He aimed at the market above the cyclecars and had a water-cooled four -cylinder engine. First, side-valve in-line engines of Dorman were used with 1094 cc capacity, then you waved to the Belgian 1207 cc engines to the brand Peters. They were interlocked with the gears that were performed either as a two-stage planetary gearbox or three-speed spur gear. The single rear wheel was driven by a propeller shaft or helical gears.

The open two-seater configuration with Schwiegermuttersitz had a nickel-plated radiator and electric lighting. The chassis consisted of quarter-elliptical leaf springs front and semi-elliptic leaf springs at the rear. Unlike other small cars of the Castle Three wooden spoke wheels instead had wire spoke wheels.

The new car was exhibited at the London Motor Show in 1919, the company received more orders during the exhibition in 2300. However, not all have been confirmed these orders and so eventually 350 were built. To date, two pieces have survived. The vehicle was too heavy for the Cyclecar class.

There was also a prototype of a four-wheeled vehicle, which should be marketed as Castle Four. But it never came. The company closed its doors in 1922 and the factory was sold to a carpet manufacturer.