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Out of the past, April 1992
I know that the effervescent Glegg brothers, who created a series of Dorcas Specials, the last of which, using a Fernihough-prepared JAP vee-twin engine in a 4WD chassis, climbed Shelsley…
BRIEF SPECIFICATION
Brief Specification.
Engine. 4-cyl., 69 x 99 mm. bore and stroke, capacity 1,493 c.c. Treasury Rating 11.9 h.p. 2 overhead valves per cylinder. Overhead camshaft. 2 S. U. carburettors. Magneto ignition. 3 bearing crankshaft. Dry sump lubrication.
Gearbox : 4 speeds and reverse centre change. Ratios with 4.66 back axle, 4.66, 6.43, 10.48, 16.31.
Rear axle : Spiral bevel.
Brakes. Cable operated 14in. diam.
uspension : Half ellipties. Dimensions : Overall length
1211. Width 5f1. 3ins. Weight 19 cwt.
Price, 2475.
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