
Letters, April 2019
Letters In light of Doug Nye’s recent insightful piece on Historic motor sport and the letters from Duncan Wiltshire and Mark Taylor it seems to me we are approaching a…
Specification.
Engine: 4 cyl., 63 x 90 m.m. bore and stroke, capacity 1122 c.c., 3-bearing balanced crankshaft, 3-bearing camshaft, overhead inlet valves, side exhaust valves, pressure lubrication throughout. Cooling by thermo-syphon.
Gear-box. 4 speeds, 21, 13, 7.5 and 5.5. to 1. Central gear lever.
Steering : worm and nut.
.Suspension : Semielliptic springs with shock absorbers.
Magna type wire wheels with 27 x 4.40 Dunlop tyres.
Brakes : Self-servo shoes on all wheels operated by pedal. Hand-brake operates on transmission.
Dimensions : Wheelbase, 9ft. Oiin. Track 4f1. Turning circles, right 40ft., left 36ft. Gin.
Price .• £295.