At the age of 12 Bruno Rossati began working eleven hour days.
"Now, approaching 91, I find myself reminiscing about my youth, still riding my motorcycle every day.
Letter re Ladetto
Notes on some of the rarer British marques
This page lists brands for which we currently have only an historical precis.
For a more complete listing visit the British Index.
Daneville Tricars 1907
Dingley Brothers 1920
Dorway Sidecars 1922-1926
D.R.K. Three-wheeler
Manufactured by Derek Callister, Robert Callister and Keith Hamer, later Callister & Roscoe, from 1984 using Renault four and six cylinder engines, and were built to customer order using a wooden chassis and aluminium body. Production ceased in 1998 after some 59 vehicles had been created.
Source: 3-wheelers.com.
Duncan
A quite remarkable special built in Scotland in 1921 by an aircraft engineer, the Duncan has a JAP 980cc sidevalve V-twin mounted transversely in the frame a la Guzzi. Power is delivered to the rear wheel via a two-speed gearbox and shaft drive, and the rear wheel is suspended by air shocks with swing-arm. Now restored and on display at the Sammy Miller Museum, the machine was rather more than somewhat ahead of its time.
Dynasphere
The Dynasphere was a monowheel vehicle design patented in 1930 by John Archibald Purves FRSE from Taunton, Somerset, UK. Purves' idea for the vehicle was inspired by a sketch made by Leonardo da Vinci.
See also Garavaglia
Rarer British Marques
