The first Singer ; the remarkable motor-wheel produced in the summer of 1900 by Perks and Birch of Coventry . The engine was a nominal 2 h.p. , and this was the first to be fitted with a magneto and a throttle control .
Discovering Old Motor Cycles By T. E. Crowley N° 160 in the Discovering series First published 1973 Shire Publications Ltd. 12B Temple Square - Aylesbury Bucks - UK