Engineering:Fleetwood-Knight
The Fleetwood-Knight was a Canadian automobile built in Kingston, Ontario by the Davis Dry Dock Company in 1923.[1] The Davis Dry Dock Company had an excellent reputation for the quality of their yachts, launches and lifeboats,[2] and company owner John Davis wanted to build a car to the same high standards.[2] The prototype was going to be built as a tourer, but Davis's son Lloyd took over development of the car and made it into a sedan.[1] The prototype was nearly finished when it was damaged in a fire. It was rebuilt as a roadster, with a body of finished aluminium.[1]
The Fleetwood-Knight was powered by a 6-cylinder Knight sleeve valve engine, which gave excellent performance. The car was very well appointed, with gasoline and temperature gauges on the dashboard.[1] Unfortunately for the Davises, the prototype cost between CDN$5,000 and CDN$6,000 to build, so it was not economically viable to put the car in production.[2] The car was driven by members of the Davis family until sold, and was still in regular use in Renfrew, Ontario in the late 1960s.[2]
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