Armstrong Siddeley Typhoon
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The Armstrong Siddeley Typhoon was a two door, four seat fixed head coupé
car made by the British
Armstrong Siddeley
company. It was made from 1946 to 1949 and based on the 1945 Armstrong Siddeley Lancaster saloon and continued the company's theme of naming cars after Hawker Siddeley World War II aircraft.
The chassis had independent front suspension using longitudinal torsion bars and a live rear axle with leaf springs. A Girling hydro-mechanical braking system was fitted, with the front drums hydraulically operated while those at the rear used rod and cable.
At first the Typhoon were fitted with a 70 bhp 1991 cc, six cylinder, overhead valve engine, carried over from the pre-war 16 hp model, but from 1949 this changed to 2309 cc and 75 bhp by increasing the cylinder bore from 65 to 70 mm. Hydraulic tappets were fitted to most engines but towards the end of production there was a change to solid tappets. There was a choice of manual four speed with synchromesh on the top three ratios or pre-selector
gearbox.
The four seat, two door body was made of steel and aluminium panels fitted over a wood and aluminium frame with a fabric roof. The doors were rear hinged, an arrangement that got the name of suicide doors.
At launch, the car cost £1214 on the UK market.
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Six were built in 1949, but 5 were later recalled and destroyed by Armstrong Siddeley. The remaining one (registered JHP 113) passed into the private ownership of the late Les Clark of Ilkeston in Derbyshire, UK. It has a 2309cc engine, with a 4 speed pre-select gearbox. It is a 4 door saloon, the front doors being of a "suicide" design. The car is painted in midnight blue over grey (originally all black), and was in regular use until the early 1990s. It's whereabouts are now unknown, but is believed to be in storage in the UK.
Coupé
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car made by the British
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Armstrong Siddeley
Armstrong Siddeley
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company. It was made from 1946 to 1949 and based on the 1945 Armstrong Siddeley Lancaster saloon and continued the company's theme of naming cars after Hawker Siddeley World War II aircraft.
The chassis had independent front suspension using longitudinal torsion bars and a live rear axle with leaf springs. A Girling hydro-mechanical braking system was fitted, with the front drums hydraulically operated while those at the rear used rod and cable.
At first the Typhoon were fitted with a 70 bhp 1991 cc, six cylinder, overhead valve engine, carried over from the pre-war 16 hp model, but from 1949 this changed to 2309 cc and 75 bhp by increasing the cylinder bore from 65 to 70 mm. Hydraulic tappets were fitted to most engines but towards the end of production there was a change to solid tappets. There was a choice of manual four speed with synchromesh on the top three ratios or pre-selector
Preselector gearbox
A preselector or self-changing gearbox is a type of manual gearbox used on a variety of vehicles, most commonly in the 1930s...
gearbox.
The four seat, two door body was made of steel and aluminium panels fitted over a wood and aluminium frame with a fabric roof. The doors were rear hinged, an arrangement that got the name of suicide doors.
At launch, the car cost £1214 on the UK market.
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Six were built in 1949, but 5 were later recalled and destroyed by Armstrong Siddeley. The remaining one (registered JHP 113) passed into the private ownership of the late Les Clark of Ilkeston in Derbyshire, UK. It has a 2309cc engine, with a 4 speed pre-select gearbox. It is a 4 door saloon, the front doors being of a "suicide" design. The car is painted in midnight blue over grey (originally all black), and was in regular use until the early 1990s. It's whereabouts are now unknown, but is believed to be in storage in the UK.