Vauxhall Type B
| Vauxhall | |
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 Vauxhall 30 Landaulette (1912)
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| Type B (27, 30 and 35) | |
| Production period: | 1910-1915 |
| Class : | Upper class |
| Body versions : | Chassis, touring car , landaulet , sedan , convertible |
| Engines: |
Petrol engines : 3.5-5.1 liters (20-26 kW) |
| Length: | 4420-4674 mm |
| Width: | 1626-1727 mm |
| Height: | |
| Wheelbase : | 3124-3658 mm |
| Empty weight : | Chassis: 914–1270 kg |
The Vauxhall Type B is a passenger car that Vauxhall Motors built from 1910 to 1915 as the Vauxhall 27 , Vauxhall 30 and Vauxhall 35 . The Vauxhall 27 was the manufacturer's first car with a six-cylinder engine .
history
In 1904 Napier & Son introduced the first car model with a six-cylinder engine on the British market. Rolls-Royce followed a year later . Vauxhall decided to join this "club" as well, and in 1905 engineer FW Hodges designed a test vehicle with a six-cylinder block engine (2 cast blocks with 3 cylinders each) and chain drive, but this car was never mass-produced. The first production vehicle of this design was the Type B (Vauxhall 27) in 1910 with a completely new six-cylinder block engine of 3473 cm³ displacement, in which the cylinders were all cast in a common block. A year later it was replaced by the Vauxhall 30, whose six cylinders were again cast in two blocks of three cylinders each. The displacement was 4580 cm³. This model was followed in 1913 by the Vauxhall 35 with a displacement of 5104 cm³.
construction
The chassis corresponded to that of type A ; it had semi-elliptical leaf springs and rigid axles at the front and rear and was available with two wheelbases, the 27 with 3124 mm or 3353 mm, the 30 with 3175 mm or 3658 mm. The 35 was available with a wheelbase of 3556 mm. The side-controlled motor initially had a bore of 85 mm and a stroke of 102 mm, then the values increased to 90 mm (bore) and 120 mm (stroke). For the 35, the engine of the 30 was bored out by 5 mm to 95 mm. The engine outputs in bhp corresponded to the type designations. The engine power was passed on to the rear axle via a multi-disc clutch and a four-speed gearbox that was connected to the engine via a short shaft. The engine, clutch and transmission were in a subframe on the chassis. The front axle was unbraked, but the car had a geared band brake that acted on the drive shaft for the rear axle. It was operated with a pedal.
Around 75 type B vehicles were built. Presumably a two-seater touring car , a landaulet , a convertible and a limousine were available as bodies .
successor
After production of the Type B was discontinued due to the war in 1914 or at the beginning of 1915, it was not until the end of the 1920s that six-cylinder Vauxhalls in the form of Type 20/60 and the short-lived valve motor model 25/70 were produced .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars, 1895–1975 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1999. ISBN 1-874105-93-6 . P. 331.
- ^ A b N. Georgano: Beaulieu Encyclopedia ot the Automobile . Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London 2000. ISBN 1-57958-293-1 .
- ↑ 90 Years of Vauxhall . Classic and Sportscars, London 1993.
