Selwyn Francis Edge was a British businessman, racing driver, cyclist and record-breaker. He is principally associated with selling and racing De Dion-Bouton, Gladiator; Clemént-Panhard, Napier and AC
S.F. Edge (far right) in the English Cycle Team, Bordeaux-Paris 1891 won by G.P. Mills second from left. Others in the picture: J.E.L. Bates, M.A. Holbein and P.C. Twentyman
Selwyn Edge and his 16 hp Napier Car
Selwyn won the 1902 Gordon Bennett Cup in this very Napier D50, seen outside St James's Palace in London
Miss Dorothy Levitt and her 12 hp Gladiator
AC Cars, originally incorporated as Auto Carriers Ltd., is a British specialist automobile manufacturer and one of the oldest independent car makers founded in Britain. As a result of bad financial co
Selwyn Edge
…machinery department of the Ministry of Munitions. When the embargo on motor manufacturing expired in 1919 he started to build up a shareholding in AC Cars, gaining full control in 1922. About 1923 Edge was also managing director of William Cubitt & Company, who had entered the car market with the Cubitt…
AC 10 open 2-seater AC's first 4-wheeled car
AC 12 Royal drophead coupé 1926
AC 16/80 open 2-seater 1939 body by March