page_title: Meadows Frisky
section_title: Frisky Cars (1959) Ltd
hierarchical_section_title: Meadows Frisky / Frisky Cars (1959) Ltd
caption_attribution_description: English: 1958 Meadows Frisky-Sport Convertible at Vintage Vehicles Meeting in Mering (Bavaria). Built by Meadows (Wolverhampton) Ltd., UK; 325 cc two-stroke Villiers engine, 17 bhp (10 kW), Top Speed: 56 mph Deutsch: Meadows Frisky-Sport Convertible (1958) beim Oldtimertreffen in Mering (Bayern). Hergestellt von Meadows (Wolverhampton) Ltd. (GB), 325 cm³-Zweitakt-Motor von Villiers, 17 PS (10 kW), Höchstgeschwindigkeit: 90 km/h
context_page_description: Meadows Frisky is the name of a series of small British cars manufactured at the factory of Henry Meadows Ltd at Fallings Park in Wolverhampton between 1958 and 1961, during which time, production was under the control of a number of companies.
context_section_description: In August 1959, Mr C. J. Wright a Wolverhampton business man with garage and haulage interests, bought the stock, jigs, tools, fixtures and fittings, along with the rights to manufacture and the trade name of Frisky from the Official Receiver. He formed a new company Frisky Cars (1959) Ltd. and he and E F Wright became directors. A Mr G A Stuart was made general Manager. The company announced that they hoped to restart production in September at Fallings Park with a target of 30 three-wheeled cars a week, also that a deluxe version would follow and that it was hoped the Friskysprint would be built later. Also announced was the intention to build a new production plant on a 30-acre (120,000 m²) site in Penkridge but this never happened.
  In September 1959 a new version of the Family Three was announced. The Frisky Family Three Mk2, dropped the MacPherson strut front suspension of the original car replacing it with the Dubonnet system used on the Friskysport. The chassis was lengthened to allow the engine to be moved back out of the cabin and it was now offered with the choice of either a 250 cc (15 cu in) or 328 cc (20.0 cu in) Excelsior Talisman twin engines giving the advantage of an Albion gearbox with a true reverse gear. Twin front seats replaced the original bench seats and production commenced in early 1960.
  In October 1960, a new model, The Frisky Prince was shown at the Earls Court Motor Show. This was basically a re-bodied Family Three with front hung doors. Around the same time, a deal was done with a company called Middlesbrough Motorcraft and kits to build your own Frisky became available from them. Anthony Brindle, who had become joint managing director of Frisky Cars took part in a publicity run attempting to visit five European capitals, Paris, Luxembourg, Brussels, Amsterdam and London not spending more than £5 on fuel.
  A four-wheel version of the Prince was announced for 1961 but never reached production.
caption: This 1958 Friskysport shows the regular flat tail without hatch
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