Production chronology1896–1900
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
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Beeston / Model record
BeestonMotor Tricycle
Production1896–1900
Recorded originUnited Kingdom
ClassSingle-seat motor tricycle
Opening powered Beeston lineage and one of Britain's earliest manufactured motor vehicles. The single steerable front wheel and engine between the driven rear wheels followed De Dion-Bouton practice. A lower-frame form introduced at the end of 1898 accommodated riders in contemporary women's dress; it remains a frame configuration rather than a separate mechanical model. Period London-to-Brighton participation claims conflict with the surviving entry list and are preserved as uncertainty.
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Record depth — Documented
How this is measured → This record contains useful sourced evidence, but it does not yet meet the reference-ready standard. Still needed: attributed imagery. Fields we cannot source stay empty rather than guessed.
Research notes
Small-series manufacture is established, but no reliable total survives.