Private company
Self-Changing Gears
British company
Self-Changing Gears was a British company, set up and owned equally by Walter Gordon Wilson and John Davenport Siddeley, to develop and exploit the Wilson or pre-selector gearbox. Self-Changing Gears designed, built and licensed transmissions for various applications including light and heavy road vehicles, military, marine, and rail vehicles as well as motor racing cars.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Self-Changing Gears was a British company, set up and owned equally by Walter Gordon Wilson and John Davenport Siddeley, to develop and exploit the Wilson or pre-selector gearbox. Self-Changing Gears designed, built and licensed transmissions for various applications including light and heavy road vehicles, military, marine, and rail vehicles as well as motor racing cars.2
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- WikipediaSelf-Changing Gears
- WikidataQ7447957
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- 1WikidataSelf-Changing Gears on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSelf-Changing Gears on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsSelf-Changing Gears photo by surprise truck, CC BY 2.0