Arnold Motor Carriage

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Arnold Motor Carriage Co
legal form Company
resolution 1895
Reason for dissolution 1898
Seat East Peckham, United Kingdom
management William Arnold
Branch Motor vehicle manufacturer

Arnold Motor Carriage Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

William Arnold's company began manufacturing automobiles in East Peckham in 1895 . The vehicles were marketed as Arnold . Production was stopped again in 1898.

vehicles

Arnold motor car in 1897, with Alfred Cornell at the wheel.
Arnold Oil Motor Carriage. Illustration in Scientific American dated November 1896

The models were similar to the early models from Benz , but were equipped with engines manufactured in-house, which were arranged in the rear. There were two-seater Phaeton and four-seater Dos-à-Dos body shapes , in which the passengers sat back to back.

An Arnold's Oil Motor Carriage was featured in Scientific American (Volume 75, No. 21) in November 1896 . According to this, a two-seater GB cost £ 130, which the author found advantageous. An additional seat (Dos-à-Dos) could be added for a total of three people or "four of moderate weight". The vehicle weighed around 500 lb (approx. 230 kg) and had a Benz gasoline engine with battery ignition. One tank of fuel was enough for 60 to 70 miles (approx. 90–110 km), one battery charge for 300 miles (approx. 500 km). The author found that the vehicle was easy to steer and did not have to be braked on steep descents because the engine was designed accordingly. He was also impressed by the exterior of the motorized carriage and mentioned wire-spoke wheels with ball bearings "arranged with the spokes as on bicycle wheels" and rubber tires. However, the illustration shows carriage wheels. Accordingly, the power transmission consisted of a chain and the suspension of elliptical leaf springs . The front package was mounted transversely, on the rear axle there was a spring package arranged lengthways.

A vehicle of this brand was previously on display at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu . It occasionally participates in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5
  • GN Georgano: cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars. 1895-1975. New edition. Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 (English).

Web links

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