Brough Superior 3½ liter
| Brough Superior | |
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 Brough Superior 3½ liter Cabriolet (1937)
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| 3½ liter | |
| Production period: | 1936-1939 |
| Class : | Upper class |
| Body versions : | Touring car , limousine , convertible |
| Engines: |
Petrol engines : 3.5 liters (78.7-103 kW) |
| Length: | 4826 mm |
| Width: | 1727 mm |
| Height: | |
| Wheelbase : | 2946-3048 mm |
| Empty weight : | 1346 kg |
| Previous model | Brough Superior 4 liter |
The Brough Superior 3½ liter was a car that Brough Superior built from 1936 to 1939 as the successor to the 4 liter .
In contrast to its predecessor, the car had a six-cylinder in - line engine with side-mounted valves and a displacement of 3455 cm³ (bore × stroke = 76.2 mm × 127 mm), which normally had an output of 107 bhp (78.7 kW) at 4000 / min. submitted. In addition, a supercharged version was offered that delivered 140 bhp (103 kW). The 3.5-liter engine was also purchased from the US automobile manufacturer Hudson . The chassis of the car was essentially the same as that of its predecessor. It was equipped with two rigid axles that were suspended from semi-elliptical springs. The wheelbase was either 2946 mm or 3048 mm, the track width 1473 mm.
The top speed was 152 km / h.
The 3½ liter was usually ordered as an open car - touring car or convertible - the bodies of which came from Atcherley in Birmingham . But there were also limousines.
In 1939 the production was the 3½ liter due to the war without successors set. About 80 copies were delivered in three years.
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- David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 , p. 93.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Speedreaders: WC Atcherley, The Lost Coachbuilder.
- ^ Motorsport Magazine: Superior Midlands coachbuilder rediscovered.
