The Pick Motor Company
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Founder | John (Jack) Henry Pick |
| Defunct | 1925 |
| Headquarters | Stamford, Lincolnshire , England |
| Products | Automobiles |
The Pick Motor Company Limited, based in Stamford, Lincolnshire, was a British automobile manufacturer operating from 1899 until 1925. For a short period, it was known as the New Pick Motor Company.
Origin
John (Jack) Henry Pick (1857–1954), originally a blacksmith who had worked at Blackstone & Co, a Stamford-based producer of oil engines and farm implements, shifted his career from selling bicycles to manufacturing motor vehicles in 1898.
Vehicles
Notable models produced by the company included:
- 1898 dogcart
- 1900 two-seater with rear-mounted engine
- 1901 front-engine model delivering 4 hp
- 1903 6 hp powered by a 2-cylinder boxer engine
- 1903 10 hp featuring a 2-cylinder 1432 c.c. engine
- 1908 model with a 12/14 hp, 4-cylinder, 2957 c.c. engine
- 1909 versions offering either 2532 c.c. or 3232 c.c. engines producing 14/16 hp
- 1912 car with a 16/18 hp, 3601 c.c. power unit
- 1913 model rated at 20 hp with a 3601 c.c. engine
- 1923 vehicle delivering 22½ hp from a 3601 c.c. engine
Premises
A manufacturing facility was established on Blackfriars Street, Stamford, in 1903; however, disagreements among investors resulted in the factory being sold to a printing company. Subsequently, production was relocated to new premises on High Street St Martin's in Stamford, occupying a former coachbuilder's workshop that Pick & Co vacated in 1925.
By the end of the twentieth century, the St Martin's Garage building had been converted into an antiques centre.
Exports
Pick automobiles have been identified in Australia, and there are six known surviving units recorded in New Zealand.
Greengrocer
Following the cessation of its automotive operations, Pick ran a greengrocery business at 11 High Street—the very site where the vehicles were previously manufactured.
See also
- Pick of Stamford: History of the Pick Motor Company by Michael Key, Paul Watkins Publishing, Stamford, 1994
External links
- Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England
- Companies based in Stamford, Lincolnshire
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1899
- Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1925
- 1899 establishments in England
- 1925 disestablishments in England
- British companies disestablished in 1925
- British companies established in 1899