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Wolseley Hornet Six
The Wolseley Hornet is a six-cylinder twelve fiscal horsepower lightweight automobile which was offered as a saloon car, coupé and open two-seater as well as the usual rolling chassis for bespoke coachwork. Produced by Wolseley Motors Limited from 1930 until 1936, the Hornet was unveiled to the public at the end of April 1930. Wolseley had been bought from the receivers by William Morris in 1927. This car's tiny six-cylinder engine, ''Motor Sport'' magazine described it as a miniature six, reflected the brief vogue for less vibratory 6, 8, 12 and 16 cylinder engines soon superseded by greatly improved flexible engine mountings. Their overhead camshaft engines were so good that cars built on their Hornet ''Special'' chassis developed an outstanding reputation on the road and in club competition. The initial offering was something of a quart in a pint pot, tiny but powerful for its size. Furthermore, four passengers might be fitted into the very lightly constructed car. Howeve ...
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Wolseley Motors
Wolseley Motors Limited was a British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in early 1901 by the Vickers Armaments in conjunction with Herbert Austin. It initially made a full range, topped by large luxury cars, and dominated the market in the Edwardian era. The Vickers brothers diedin 1914 and 1919 respectively and, without their guidance, Wolseley expanded rapidly after the war, manufacturing 12,000 cars in 1921, and remained the biggest motor manufacturer in Britain. Over-expansion led to receivership in 1927 when it was bought from Vickers Limited by William Morris as a personal investment. He moved it into his Morris Motors empire just before the Second World War. After that, Wolseley products were "badge-engineered" Morris cars. Wolseley went with its sister businesses into BMC, BMH and British Leyland, where its name lapsed in 1975. Founding 1901 File:Herbert Austin 1905.jpg, Herbert Austin (1866–1941) in 1905 File:Colonel-thomas-edward-vickers-1896.jp.jpg, Col ...
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Henry Boyd-Carpenter
Sir (Marsom) Henry Boyd-Carpenter (born 11 October 1939) is a son of Francis Henry Boyd-Carpenter by his wife Nina (née Townshend). Nina Boyd-Carpenter's sister was the gardener and writer Margery Fish; Henry Boyd-Carpenter inherited his aunt's house and garden at East Lambrook Manor in Somerset, selling it in 1985.ODNB entry by Catherine Horwood
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MG L-type
The MG L-type is a sports car that was produced by the MG Car company in 1933 and 1934. This 2-door sports car used a smaller version of the 6-cylinder overhead camshaft, crossflow engine which now had a capacity of 1086 cc with a bore of 57 mm and stroke of 71 mm and produced at 5500 rpm. It was previously fitted in the 1930 Wolseley Hornet and the 1931 MG F-type Magna. Drive was to the rear wheels through a four-speed non-synchromesh gearbox. The chassis was a narrower version of that used in the K-type with suspension by half-elliptic springs all round with rigid front and rear axles. The car had a wheelbase of 94 inches (2388 mm) and a track of 42 inches (1067 mm). The brakes, which were larger than in the J2, were cable-operated, with drums all round. The body kept the sloping radiator seen on the F-Type, but the car now had sweeping wings, and had cut-away doors. The body tubs of the L2 and J2 are practically identical r ...
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MG F-type
MG, Mg, or mg and variants may refer to: Organizations * MG Cars, an automotive marque of the now defunct MG Car Company * MG Motor, a present-day car manufacturing company *MG JW Automobile, a Pakistani automobile manufacturer * Champion Air (IATA code) * Matematička gimnazija, a school in Belgrade * Monte Generoso railway Arts and entertainment * MG, a character in ''The Perhapanauts'' comics * ''Match Game'', a television game show * Magilla Gorilla, a cartoon character Music * '' Main gauche'', "left hand" in piano playing * ''MG'' (Martin Gore album) * The M.G.'s, from the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s * ''The MG's'' (album), an album by the M.G.'s * MG Select, a house duo music production including George Jackson * M:G, real name Maribel Gonzalez, dance music singer Military * Machine gun (MG-), prefix for model designations, for example, "MG42" * Major general, a military rank * Medal for Gallantry, a military decoration Places * Madagascar (ISO 3166-1 country code MG ...
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MG NB Magnette Airline Coupe
MG, Mg, or mg and variants may refer to: Organizations * MG Cars, an automotive marque of the now defunct MG Car Company * MG Motor, a present-day car manufacturing company *MG JW Automobile, a Pakistani automobile manufacturer * Champion Air (IATA code) * Matematička gimnazija, a school in Belgrade * Monte Generoso railway Arts and entertainment * MG, a character in ''The Perhapanauts'' comics * ''Match Game'', a television game show * Magilla Gorilla, a cartoon character Music * '' Main gauche'', "left hand" in piano playing * ''MG'' (Martin Gore album) * The M.G.'s, from the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s * ''The MG's'' (album), an album by the M.G.'s * MG Select, a house duo music production including George Jackson * M:G, real name Maribel Gonzalez, dance music singer Military * Machine gun (MG-), prefix for model designations, for example, "MG42" * Major general, a military rank * Medal for Gallantry, a military decoration Places * Madagascar (ISO 3166-1 country code MG ...
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Wolseley Hornet Dutch Licence Registration AM-62 91 Pic4
Wolseley may refer to: People *Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1630–1714), English politician *Sir Charles Wolseley, 7th Baronet (1769–1846), English landowner and political agitator *Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley (1872–1936), English gardener *Frederick Wolseley (1837–1899), Irish-born Australian woolgrower and inventor of sheep shearing machinery *Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833–1913), Irish-born British field marshal, elder brother of Frederick Wolseley *George Wolseley (1839–1921), British Indian army officer *Pat Wolseley, British botanist * Sir Reginald Wolseley, 10th Baronet (1872–1933), emigrated to the US and initially refused the title * Viscount Wolseley *Wolseley baronets Businesses :all taking their name from Frederick Wolseley (1837–1899) * The Wolseley, a restaurant at 160 Piccadilly, London, in the former showroom of the Wolseley Motors building * The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company, a British man ...
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Morris Ten
The Morris Ten announced 1 September 1932Cars Of 1933. ''The Times'', Thursday, Sep 01, 1932; pg. 7; Issue 46227. (907 words) is a medium-sized car introduced for 1933 as the company's offering in the important 10  hp sector of the British market. It continued through a series of variants until October 1948 when along with Morris's Twelve and Fourteen it was replaced by the 13.5 hp Morris Oxford MO. __TOC__ Morris Ten and Ten Four Morris Ten was a new class of car for Morris now equipped with wire wheels and a new type of mud guarding—domed wings with wing side shields—it was powered by a Morris 1292 cc four-cylinder side-valve engine employing a single SU carburettor which produced 24 bhp at 3,200 rpm. The gearbox was a four-speed manual transmission unit, behind a wet cork clutch and Lockheed hydraulic brakes were fitted to 19 inch wheels. Early models had a centre accelerator pedal and large sidelamps on the wings, the propeller shaft had Cardan ( ...
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Morris Eight
The Morris Eight is a small family car produced by Morris Motors from 1935 to 1948. It was inspired by the sales popularity of the Ford Model Y, styling of which the Eight closely followed. The success of the car enabled Morris to regain its position as Britain's largest motor manufacturer. Morris Eight series I The car was powered by a Morris UB series 918 cc four-cylinder side-valve engine with three-bearing crankshaft and single SU carburettor with maximum power of . The gearbox was a three-speed unit with synchromesh on the top two speeds and Lockheed hydraulic brakes were fitted. Coil ignition was used in a Lucas electrical system powered by a 6-volt battery and third brush dynamo. The body, which was either a saloon or open tourer, was mounted on a separate channel section chassis with a wheelbase. The tourer could reach and return ; the saloons were a little slower. The chrome-plated radiator shell and honeycomb grille were dummies disguising the real one hid ...
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Nuffield Mechanizations And Aero
Nuffield Mechanizations and Aero Limited, also known as Mechanizations and Aero Ltd and Nuffield Mechanizations Ltd was Lord Nuffield's (W R Morris's) personal enterprise developing improved methods for mechanisation and mobility of the British Army and the ground section of the Royal Air Force. The company was started in 1935 to separate Wolseley Motors aircraft engine manufacturing business from the car business which was joined with Morris Motors vehicle businesses. In 1937 Nuffield Mechanizations Limited was acquired and the combined company was named "Nuffield Mechanizations and Aero Limited". Origin Wolseley went bankrupt in 1920s and was bought at auction in 1927 by William Morris, later Viscount Nuffield for £730,000 of his own money. Wolseley had begun aero engine development in 1929 but when Lord Nuffield sold Wolseley Motors to Morris Motors Limited on 1 July 1935, he decided to keep aero engine development quite separate and it remained Lord Nuffield's personal prop ...
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Autovac
Manifold vacuum, or engine vacuum in an internal combustion engine is the difference in air pressure between the engine's intake manifold and Earth's atmosphere. Manifold vacuum is an effect of a piston's movement on the induction stroke and the choked flow through a throttle in the intake manifold of an engine. It is a measure of the amount of restriction of airflow through the engine, and hence of the unused power capacity in the engine. In some engines, the manifold vacuum is also used as an auxiliary power source to drive engine accessories and for the crankcase ventilation system. Manifold vacuums should not be confused with Venturi vacuums, which are an effect exploited in carburetors to establish a pressure difference roughly proportional to mass airflow and to maintain a somewhat constant air/fuel ratio. It is also used in light airplanes to provide airflow for pneumatic gyroscopic instruments. Overview The rate of airflow through an internal combustion engine is an imp ...
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Skinners Union
SU carburettors were a British manufacturer of constant-depression carburettors. Their designs were in mass production during most of the twentieth century. The S.U. Carburetter Company Limited also manufactured dual-choke updraught carburettors for aero-engines such as the Rolls-Royce Merlin and Rolls-Royce Griffon. Invention and development Herbert Skinner (1872–1931), pioneer motorist and an active participant in the development of the petrol engine,Obituary. Mr. G. H. Skinner. ''The Times'', Wednesday, Jan 06, 1932; pg. 12; Issue 46023 invented his Union carburettor in 1904.E A Forward, ''Handbook of the Collections illustrating Land Transport, II. Mechanical Road Vehicles'', Science Museum South Kensington, 1936 His much younger brother, Carl (Thomas Carlisle) Skinner (1882–1958), also a motoring enthusiast, had joined the Farman Automobile Co in London in 1899.Obituary. Mr. Thomas C. Skinner ''The Times'', Saturday, Nov 15, 1958, Issue 54309, p.10. He helped Herbert ...
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1935 Wolseley Hornet 8759412086
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of Prontosil, the first broadly effective antibiotic, is published in a series ...
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