Coventry Climax was a specialist engine builder founded back in the early years of the industry. Their glory days were in the 1950s and early 1960s when they built several very successful racing engines. This article will concentrate on the engines they built initially for Formula 1, some of which ended up being used in the US and some were shipped to Australia for the Tasman … [Read more...]
Hillman
William Hillman was first known as a designer of the velocipede, a forerunner to the bicycle and he had been involved with a group of entrepreneurs who were importing them from France. He was born in 1849 and worked for the Coventry Machinist Company, a company that made small machines. In the mid 19th century, Coventry in England was the centre for sewing machine … [Read more...]
