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Bayliss, Thomas
Thomas Bayliss
Excelsior Works
287 - 295 Stoney Stanton Road.
1919, c1926 - 1930 The company was established as a cycle manufacturer in 1874, making the Excelsior bicycle. They started making motorcycles in 1896 and started to make a three wheeler in 1919. The first four wheeled car, also called the Excelsior, was made in 1921 and the business was then transferred to Birmingham. The Hillfields factory then became the home of Francis-Barnett motorcycles.
Excelsior Motor Company Ltd. was an automobile manufacturer based in Birmingham, England in the 1920s. Bayliss and Thomas were part of the Birmingham cycle industry, established as a cycle manufacturer in 1874, using the brand name Excelsior. Initially they had premises at 287-295 Stoney Stanton Road, Hillfields, Coventry, Warwickshire before moving to Kings Road, Tyseley, Birmingham in 1921.
