Herbert Engineering

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Herbert Engineering Co. Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1910s
resolution 1931
Seat Caversham , Berkshire
management Herbert Merton
Branch Automobile manufacturer

HE 14/20 hp (1921)

The Herbert Engineering Co. Ltd. was a British company from Caversham near Reading (Berkshire) .

description

Herbert Merton founded the company in the 1910s. During the First World War , defective aircraft engines were repaired.

Automobile production began in 1919. Reliable sports cars were built under the name HE , which were equipped with side-controlled four - cylinder engines until 1929 . The first six-cylinder model appeared in 1928 . In appearance, design and price, the cars were reminiscent of the contemporary 3-liter Bentley models.

In 1931 the sales figures had dropped so far that economical production was no longer possible.

Models

model Construction period cylinder Displacement power at speed wheelbase
11.9 hp 1919-1920 4 row 1795 cc 26 bhp (19 kW) 2650 min −1
14/20 hp 1920-1921 4 row 2120 cc 35 bhp (26 kW) 2896 mm
14/40 hp 1922 4 row 2120 cc 40 bhp (29 kW) 2900 min -1 2896 mm
13/30 hp 1923 4 row 1982 cc 2896 mm
14/50 hp 1924-1929 4 row 2120 cc 47 bhp (34.5 kW) 3000 min -1 2896 mm
13/38 hp 1925 4 row 1982 cc 2971 mm
16/55 hp 1928-1929 6 row 2290 cc 55 bhp (40 kW) 3800 min -1 3200 mm
16/60 hp 1928-1930 6 row 2290 cc 60 bhp (44 kW) 3800 min -1 2896-3200 mm
12/35 hp 1928 6 row 1419 cc 38 bhp (28 kW) 3000 min -1 2946 mm
12/55 hp 1931 6 row 1622 cc 2946 mm

The Brightwells auction house offered a 1929 HE 16/60 Short Chassis Sport Tourer with the British registration number RM 6487 on May 13, 2015 and was expecting a price of 90,000 pounds . With a maximum bid of 76,700 euros , the vehicle was not sold.

literature

  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1999, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 .
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 679-680. (English)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Auction offer May 2015 (accessed December 6, 2015)
  2. ↑ Auction result in: Motor Klassik , edition 7/2015, p. 66.