The Pick Motor Company
The Pick Motor Company Limited of Stamford, Lincolnshire was a British motor vehicle manufacturer that flourished between 1899 and 1925. It also traded briefly under the name New Pick Motor Company.
Origin
Founder John Henry Pick was a blacksmith. He had experience of working with Blackstone & Co, a Stamford farm implement maker which had begun to make oil engines. Jack Pick became a bicycle dealer before he started to make cars in 1898.Vehicles
- 1898 dogcart
- 1900 rear-engined 2-seater
- 1901 4 hp front-engined
- 1903 6 hp 2-cylinder boxer engine
- 1903 10 hp 2-cylinder 1432 c.c.
- 1908 12/14 hp 4-cylinder 2957 c.c.
- 1909 14/16 hp with either 2532 c.c. or 3232 c.c.
- 1912 16/18 hp 3601 c.c.
- 1913 20 hp 3601 c.c.
- 1923 22½ hp 3601 c.c.
Premises
A factory was built in Blackfriars Street in the centre of Stamford in 1903 but disagreements with investors led to its sale to a printing firm. A new works was established on High Street St Martin's Stamford. Built in one of Britain's most elegant Georgian streets it was a former coachmaker's shop vacated by Pick & Co in 1925.By the end of the 20th century, St Martin's Garage is now an antiques centre.