Pennington Raft Victoria

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Pennington Raft Victoria from 1898
Pennington Raft Victoria from 1898
Raft Victoria
Production period: 1898-1899
Class : Small car
Body versions : Roadster
Engines: Otto engine :
(2.57 kW)
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Previous model Pennington Autocar

Pennington Raft Victoria was an early passenger car .

description

Pennington & Baines of London manufactured these vehicles between 1898 and 1899 and marketed them as Pennington . They are considered the successor to the Pennington Autocar . Visually, but not technically, they resembled the Kane-Pennington Victoria from the American Racine Motor Vehicle Company .

In contrast to its predecessor, the vehicle had four wheels. A single cylinder engine with 3.5 HP propelled the vehicles. The front-wheel drive and the steering of the rear wheels were unusual . At first, the engine power was transmitted via ropes and later via belts.

The body was open and offered space for two people. The original price was under £ 100 .

A total of three vehicles were built.

Hubert W. Egerton, who had experience with various vehicles on longer journeys, started with a Raft Victoria in Manchester towards London . About halfway, in Nuneaton , he gave up. He had used 72 spark plugs . Nowadays the shortest route from Manchester to Nuneaton is 140 km.

literature

Web links

Commons : Pennington Raft Victoria  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1205-1206 (English).
  2. ^ Edward Joel Pennington (1858 - 1911) - The World's First Automotive Charlatan (English, accessed December 8, 2018)