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◊ 2013-04-05 19:40 |
Probably a Model-A Ford. |
◊ 2013-04-06 22:16 |
Not only probably but also definitely - also probably a British-built one. I think they had a smaller engine and a different model designation. |
◊ 2013-04-07 09:17 |
From Wikipedia: In Europe, where cars were taxed according to engine size, Ford equipped the Ford Model A with a 2,033 cc (124.1 cu in) engine providing a claimed output of just 40 hp (30 kW; 41 PS).[7] However, the engine size was still large enough to equate to a fiscal horsepower of 14.9hp (as opposed to the 24hp of the larger engine) and attracted a punitive annual car tax levy of £24 in the UK and similar penalties in other principal European markets. It therefore was expensive to own and too heavy and thirsty to achieve volume sales, and so unable to compete in the newly developing mass market, while also too crude to compete as a luxury product. European manufactured Model As failed to achieve the sales success in Europe that would greet their smaller successor in England and Germany. |
◊ 2013-04-07 16:03 |
Both cars were available in UK, the smaller bore model being called the AF. The 40bhp engine was the large bore one, according to Sedgwick and Gillies. We are spoiled with power these days, you have to compare the Model A/AF with other similar period cars, say the Austin Heavy 12, 27bhp at 2,000 rpm. |
◊ 2013-04-08 20:37 |
I read that Wiki articel too but thought it odd that they reckon 40hp from the smaller one because that was all the bigger engine claimed. I think there is a mix up. I checked on the hp chart I have and 24hp is the taxable figure for the larger engine not the smaller one. I assume that at I pound per hp that the smaller one would have actually paid just less than 15 pounds. |