AC Petite
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 AC Petite Mark II (1956)
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| Petite | |
| Production period: | 1953-1958 |
| Class : | Microcar |
| Body versions : | Coupe |
| Engines: |
Gasoline engines : 0.35 liters (5.9–6.0 kW) |
| Length: | 3120 mm |
| Width: | 1320 mm |
| Height: | 1320 mm |
| Wheelbase : | 1820 mm |
| Empty weight : | 355 kg |
The AC Petite is a three-wheeled microcar produced by the British car manufacturer AC Cars .
description
A single cylinder - two-stroke engine of Villiers is installed in the rear. The car has a bench with two seats and reaches a top speed of 64 km / h. The petrol consumption is 4.0-4.7 l / 100 km. The engine power is transmitted to the rear wheels via a 3-speed belt drive and a differential gear .
There were two versions of the small car: From 1953 to 1955 a Villiers 27B engine with 346 cm³ displacement was installed, which had an output of 8.0 bhp (5.9 kW) at 3500 rpm. submitted. The car had wheels of different sizes, 18 "spoke wheels at the rear and an 8" disc wheel at the front. In 1955 a Mark II version came out, which, in addition to the slightly larger Villiers 28B engine (353 cm³ displacement and 8.2 bhp (6.0 kW)), had three 12 ″ disc wheels of the same size, as well as slightly modified chrome parts Outside.
Web links
- Peter Frost: AC Petite. In: Alternative Cars. 2007, accessed October 28, 2010 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d AC Petite In : Motorbase. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- ↑ a b c d e f AC Petite (1953) ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In : Automobile Catalog. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- ^ A b c Tony Marshall: More Microcars . Ed .: Sutton Publishing. Stroud 2001, ISBN 0-7509-2668-6 .
- ↑ Popular Science (Ed.): Three-Wheeler Eats Up the Miles on One Gallon of Gas . January 1953, p. 54 ( limited preview in Google Book search). Retrieved October 28, 2010
