Canoelet Sidecars
Manufactured by Mead & Deakin, Tyseley, Birmingham. Produced from 1911 to 1923 and likely other years.
"Canoelet Stands for all that is best in Sidecar Construction - Touring, Sporting, Racing, Transport and Taxi Models."
Hazlewood fitted Canoelet sidecars to several models from 1920 to 1923.
From Taxis to Lightweights.
A Canoelet sidecar that is really like a canoe.
Mead and Deakin. Tyseley, Birmingham.
The selection of Canoelet sidecars offered by Mead and Deakin is exceptionally complete and is very wide in its appeal, no fewer than eight being staged. All the models are distinguished, too, by their graceful lines and beautiful finish. Another point which marks the care in production is the variety in chassis design, which seems to have been considered in conjunction with the type of body used.
One of the most attractive of all is the M.M. 4 touring model, finished in mauve and equipped with deck and windscreen and a hood of light design, the latter being a new pattern. The A4. a semi-sports model in the Indian red, elaborately lined with gold and fitted with torpedo apron and screen, should satisfy the owners of Indian Scouts and similar fast machines, for the body can be finished in any colour.
In great contrast to these models is the Taxi sidecar, a huge affair, but no doubt comfortable, selling at £85. For the owner who requires the minimum of body weight there is a little black and gold sidecar, clean cut in design - as indeed all the Canoelets are - offered for £16 5s.
Olympia Show 1922, The Motor Cycle November 30th 1922, page 868.
Sources: Period advertising; The Motor Cycle.
