A Brief History of the Marque
H. W. Andrees Automobil- und Motoren Industrie, Düsseldorf 64, Oststrasse 135.
Manufactured 1923 to 1929
These interesting machines utilised oil-cooled flat-twin power units built under licence from Bradshaw of England, The motorcycles were fitted with a Brampton Bi-Flex fork, a three-speed Sturmey-Archer gearbox, and an enclosed chain drive from the engine to the gearbox. Final drive was by chain, and both wheels had twin-leading shoe drum brakes. The press praised it highly, stating that it could achieve 135 km/h.
From 1925 the Andrees machines were available with 350cc and 500 cc single-cylinder engines from Blackburne and MAG. These engines were also used in four-wheel delivery trucks which had a flat bed at the front and the driver seated on a platform at the rear. They had a payload of 8 to 10 quintals. Andrees also built Lastendreiräder (delivery tricycles).
After building a factory in Arnsberg and tooling up to produce their own engines for the licence-exempt market, the depression took hold and forced the company into bankruptcy.
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Sources: Tragatsch p74; GTU Oldtimerservice; A. Vassiliadis, Automobilia 85-45; Motopedia.
N.B. Quintal - a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms. The English hundredweight is 112 pounds, 50.8 kg. No, I don't know what that is in stones - and don't get me started on farthings and guineas and furlongs and furphies. English she is weird, ok!
