Singer 9 Sports
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 Singer 9 Sports (1933)
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| 9 Sports | |
| Production period: | 1933 |
| Class : | Sports car |
| Body versions : | Roadster |
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Otto engine : 1.0 liter (26 kW) |
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| Wheelbase : | 2337 mm |
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| successor | Singer 9 Le Mans |
The Singer 9 Sports is a roadster that the British car manufacturer Singer only produced in 1933. The car presented in autumn 1932 was based on the two-seater of the Singer 9 series . Unlike the other Singer models from Birmingham , the 9 Sports was built in Coventry .
description
The styling of the Le Mans racing vehicles of the time influenced the design of 9 Sports. The car was designed as a two-seater, but could take up to two more passengers for short distances. They sat almost upright and didn't have much space, especially not for their legs.
The 9 Sports was powered by a four-cylinder in - line engine with an overhead camshaft and 60 mm bore, which was fed by two SU downdraft carburetors. The very closely geared transmission made the car appear more suitable for off-road competitions, where torque and acceleration were more important than top speed. The rigid axles were suspended from semi-elliptical leaf springs and dampened with large, adjustable friction shock absorbers from Andre Hartford . The standard hydraulically operated drum brakes with a diameter of 254 mm from Lockheed only braked the vehicle well on average. The 9 Sports developed 35 bhp (26 kW) at 4500 rpm. and reached a top speed of 105.7 km / h with the windshield folded down. If the windshield was up, the achievable top speed dropped only slightly to 102.5 km / h. The continuous speed was around 80 km / h.
The Singer 9 Sports was an eye-catcher with its many elegant fittings: a steering wheel from Ashby Brooklands , upholstery in furniture quality and a mahogany dashboard. The standard car cost £ 185, outperforming its closest competitors in price, quality and performance.
Production ended at the end of 1933. In 1935 it was replaced by the 9 Le Mans .
Sports successes
The 9 Sports was the first sports car to have a larger number of fans. In a relatively short time he became known for his good driving performance. He was also praised for his looks. The first copies took part in the last races in autumn 1932, without success. Nine of them did very well and brought home the 8 best places in the London-Exeter race on Christmas 1932 .
The 9 Sports became known to a larger audience in the 1933 Le Mans 24-hour race when a car driven by Barnes and Langley became the first British car with less than 1000 cc and a naturally aspirated engine to be approved for the Rudge-Whitworth Biennial Cup . The slight changes to this copy compared to the production model were exhausted in a mildly tuned engine with higher compression, larger headlights, changed gear ratios and a long-distance gasoline tank, which also took up the seats of the rear passengers.
Together with other Singer models, the 9 Sports took part in other interesting long-distance reliability competitions. A team of three 9 Sports series models reached some of the highest Alpine passes in the Alpine 6 Days Trial . The entire Singer fleet came in second for vehicles up to 1100 cc.
literature
- David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 , pp. 271-278
- The Nine Sports . Singer Cars . Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- 1933 Singer . 1933Singer.com . Retrieved July 24, 2014.
