Production was suspended during World War I and during the conflict Captain Buckingham, the company owner, gained fame as the inventor of the tracer bullet, which was used against airships.
[3] In 1920 he returned to car production with a new model using an air-cooled version of the pre war V-twin engine but now with a capacity of 1096 cc, a two-speed gearbox and belt drive to the rear axle.
[3] A three-speed gearbox was fitted from 1922 with shaft drive and a rear axle incorporating a differential.
[3] Front suspension was by a transverse leaf spring and the rear by quarter elliptic leaf springs.
[3] The two-seat bodies were made by the coachbuilder Charlesworth.