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The Palm had a larger 1018 cc engine, still by
Coventry-Victor, with a taxation horsepower class of 9 hp. The gearbox was mounted in-unit with the engine and the gear lever centrally placed. The body now featured a dickey seat but it was also possible to buy a bare chassis for the purchaser to
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Palmerston had a 6-9 hp Coventry-Victor water cooled, flat twin engine driving the rear wheels through a cone clutch, separately mounted three-speed gearbox and bevel geared rear axle. The brakes acted on the rear wheels using a hand lever with the foot brake operating a transmission brake
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The company was under capitalised and in 1921 was declared bankrupt and sold to new owners
Francis Henry Morris and Bertie Francis Plant trading as the Palmerston Lytcar Company. A new larger engined model was designed and called the Palm and sold alongside the Palmerston. In November 1921 the
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Palmcars Ltd with Morris and Plant remaining as directors. The company still failed to make money and receivers were appointed in 1922. It was sold to one of the major shareholders, Frederick Goddard but it seems unlikely that any more cars were made.
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Palmerston car was advertised for sale in late 1920 and exhibited at the London Motor Show by agents Olympic Aeros and Autos also based in Boscombe.
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on the drive shaft behind the gearbox. The steel section chassis had quarter-elliptic leaf springs front and rear. The early cars had wire spoked wheels later replaced by steel disc type.
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