Triumph 10/20

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Triumph 10/20 (1923)
Triumph 10/20 (1923)
10/20
Production period: 1923-1926
Class : Lower middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine
Engines: Petrol engines :
1.4 liters (17.3 kW)
Length: 3556 mm
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2591 mm
Empty weight : 864 kg
successor Triumph 13/35

The Triumph 10/20 was the first automobile made by the Triumph Motor Company . It was built from 1923 to 1926.

This first triumph was named 10/20 after the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) division into 10 taxable horsepower and 20 braking horsepower . The construction was carried out by Arthur Alderson with the assistance of Alan Lea and Arthur Sykes . They were employed by Lea-Francis and Triumph had to pay a license fee for each car produced. The automobile was powered by a four-cylinder, upright valve, 1,393 cc, in-line engine designed by Harry Ricardo and fitted with a single Zenith ascending-flow carburetor. The engine developed 23.5 bhp (17.3 kW) at 3000 min -1 and accelerated the car up to 84 km / h. The fuel consumption was 7.1 l / 100 km. The four-speed gearbox was mounted in the middle of the car and connected to the engine by a short cardan shaft.

The car was presented as a 2-seater, open touring car with an all-steel body. It was available with an additional mother-in-law seat supplied by the Regent Carriage Company in London rather than Triumph . A sports model with an aluminum-clad body and long fenders was soon added, and in 1924 there was a four-seater sedan with a Weymann body , which had a single door on the driver's side and two doors on the passenger side. The wheelbase was 2591 mm, making it (by 508 mm!) The largest of the "light cars" of that time. It was the first British production vehicle to be fitted with hydraulic brakes, although initially only at the rear. Together with the models 13/35 and Fifteen , around 2,000 pieces were produced. The retail price was £ 430-460, which was very expensive compared to a Wolseley Ten , for example , which cost £ 250.

Web links

Commons : Triumph 10/20  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Robson, Graham: The Story of Triumph Sports Cars , Motor Racing Publications (1972), ISBN 0-900549-23-8
  • Baldwin, Nick: AZ of cars of the 1920s , Bay View Books (1994), ISBN 1-870979-53-2

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Culshaw, David & Horrobin, Peter: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975 , Veloce Publishing plc., Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6