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The Castle Three Motor Company were based in Kidderminster, Worcestshire. (UK) and they tried to create a vehicle that did not have the
"spindley" cycle car image and they wanted to make the 3 wheeler more "civilised".
In 1919 they produced their Castle Three. This car was an attempt to rival Morgan as it was described as having "that proper car look". It was fitted with a four cylinder side valve, water cooled, 1094cc Dorman engine which was later uprated to a four-cylinder 1207cc, 9hp Peters engine.
The car had all the equipment of a "real car" with dynamo lighting, spare wheel and tyre and steel artillery wheels instead of the usual wire or
wooden disc. The wheels were advertised as being fully interchangeable. In their attempt to create a true car 3-wheeler the the vehicle was extremely heavy, this unfortunately meant that it exceeded the weight
limit to make it qualify for a lower tax.
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