WRIGHT

Wright Flexible Axle Motors, Ltd. (1927-1930)

Montreal, Quebec

This is a Wright radiator emblem (c1928)     caam
Size: Unknown    MM: Unknown

The Wright Flexible Axle car was the final attempt to make a car using the Wright-Fisher independent suspension system, which had previously been used for the Birmingham car made in Jamestown, New York (see Birmingham).

In 1924, James A Wright purchased the plans used to build the Birmingham car and one completed Birmingham car and took these to Montreal with the intention of producing the Wright motor car. The Birmingham car was given a Wright radiator emblem and was used both as a demonstrator and to help with stock sales.

Wright Flexible Axle Motors, Ltd was established in 1927 and a large factory was acquired in Montreal East in 1928 with ambitious plans for the production of the Wright car. The Wright Motor Car Corporation of America was established to build the Wright car in the US also. 

But, these plans came to nothing as the Depression took hold and the Wright was finished by the end of 1930 before any real production had commenced. It has been reported that a single Wright touring car may have been built in Montreal.

Emblem

The blue, red and white enamel Wright radiator emblem shown above is ultra rare.