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The Ford Sidevalve is a side valve
Cam-in-block

The cam-in-block valvetrain layout of piston engines is one where the camshaft is placed within the cylinder block, usually beside and slightly above the crankshaft in a straight engine or directly above the crankshaft in the V of a V engine....
 (flathead engine
Flathead engine

A flathead engine or sidevalve engine is an internal combustion engine with poppet valve placed in the engine block beside the piston, instead of in the cylinder head, as in an overhead valve engine....
) from the British arm of the Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
. The engine has its origins in the 1930s Ford Model Y
Ford Model Y

The Model Y was the first Ford of Britain specifically designed for markets outside the USA. The car was powered by a 933 cc, 8 hp Ford Sidevalve engine, and was in production in England from 1932 until 1937, France from 1932 to 1934 and Germany as the Ford K?ln from 1933 to 1936....
, and were made in two sizes. The early engines were very basic and did not have a waterpump as standard relying on thermo-siphon effect to cool. A water pump was added in 1953 for the 100E models. The Sidevalve engine was used in many smaller Fords as well as farm vehicles, commercial vehicles and a marine version in boats.






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The Ford Sidevalve is a side valve
Cam-in-block

The cam-in-block valvetrain layout of piston engines is one where the camshaft is placed within the cylinder block, usually beside and slightly above the crankshaft in a straight engine or directly above the crankshaft in the V of a V engine....
 (flathead engine
Flathead engine

A flathead engine or sidevalve engine is an internal combustion engine with poppet valve placed in the engine block beside the piston, instead of in the cylinder head, as in an overhead valve engine....
) from the British arm of the Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
. The engine has its origins in the 1930s Ford Model Y
Ford Model Y

The Model Y was the first Ford of Britain specifically designed for markets outside the USA. The car was powered by a 933 cc, 8 hp Ford Sidevalve engine, and was in production in England from 1932 until 1937, France from 1932 to 1934 and Germany as the Ford K?ln from 1933 to 1936....
, and were made in two sizes. The early engines were very basic and did not have a waterpump as standard relying on thermo-siphon effect to cool. A water pump was added in 1953 for the 100E models. The Sidevalve engine was used in many smaller Fords as well as farm vehicles, commercial vehicles and a marine version in boats. Production of the engine was stopped in 1962. The ignition system on many cars powered by this engine was powered by a dynamo
Dynamo

Dynamo or Dinamo may refer to:...
. Windscreen wipers were often driven by the vacuum generated in the inlet manifold
Manifold

In mathematics, more specifically topology, a manifold is a topological space in which every point has a neighborhood which "resembles" Euclidean space....
.

The Sidevalve Engine was also used in German Fords, starting with the Ford Köln
Ford Köln

Ford K?ln is an automobile from the Cologne, Germany plant of the Ford Germany that was in production from 1932 to 1935. It was the German version of the Ford Model Y....
 in 1932 and ending with the last rear wheel drive Ford Taunus
Ford Taunus

Ford Taunus was a range of family cars sold by Ford Germany in Germany and other countries. Models from 1970 onward were similar to the Ford Cortina in the United Kingdom....
 12M in 1962.

It was then replaced by the Kent engine
Ford Kent engine

The Ford Kent is an internal combustion engine from Ford Motor Company. Originally developed in 1959 for the Ford Anglia, it is an straight-4 overhead valve type engine with a cast iron cylinder head and block....
 in Britain and by the Taunus V4 engine
Ford Taunus V4 engine

The Taunus V4 was a V4 piston engine with one balance shaft, introduced by Ford Motor Company in Germany in 1962. The German V4 was built in the Cologne plant and powered the Ford Taunus and German versions of the Ford Granada, Ford Capri and Ford Transit....
 in Germany.

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The Sidevalve engine was used in

  • Ford Model Y
    Ford Model Y

    The Model Y was the first Ford of Britain specifically designed for markets outside the USA. The car was powered by a 933 cc, 8 hp Ford Sidevalve engine, and was in production in England from 1932 until 1937, France from 1932 to 1934 and Germany as the Ford K?ln from 1933 to 1936....
     (1932-1937),
  • Ford 7W
    Ford 7W

    The Ford 7W Ten was a Automobile from Ford of Britain built in the United Kingdom between 1937 and 1938.The car was an updated version of the Model C Ten with the same 1172 cc engine and used the same transverse leaf front and rear suspension but the chassis was now of box section type....
    ,
  • Ford 7Y
    Ford 7Y

    Ford 7Y is a Automobile from Ford of Britain built in the United Kingdom between 1938 and 1939.It was officially marketed as a Ford "Eight", and was a rebodied and slightly larger version of the Ford Model Y....
     (1938-1939)
  • E93/E493 range
  • Ford Anglia
    Ford Anglia

    The Ford Anglia was a British car from Ford of Britain in the United Kingdom. It was related to the Ford Prefect and the later Ford Popular. The Ford Anglia name was applied to four models of car between 1939 and 1967....
     (1940-1967),
  • Ford Prefect
    Ford Prefect (car)

    The Ford Prefect is a line of United Kingdom automobile produced by the UK section of the Ford of Britain, and a more upmarket version of its direct siblings the Ford Popular and Ford Anglia....
     (1938-1953)
  • Ford Popular
    Ford Popular

    The Ford Popular is best known as a Automobile from Ford of Britain built in England between 1953 and 1962. When launched, it was Britain's lowest priced car....
     (1953-1959),
  • 100E series
    • Ford Prefect (1953-1961)
    • Ford Anglia (1953-1959)
    • Ford Squire
      Ford Squire

      The Ford Squire is a Automobile from Ford Motor Company for the United Kingdom market built between 1955 and 1959.It was a two door, four seat Station wagon design, the brother to the Ford_Prefect_#100E four door sedan , sharing the same 1172 cc Ford Sidevalve engine and other parts and the same interior trim....
       (1955-1959)
    • Ford Escort a Squire variant.
  • Ford C/Ford CX
    Ford CX

    The Ford CX was a automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1935 to 1937. During that period 96,553 cars were produced. It was powered by an 1172 cc Ford Sidevalve engine....
    ,


  • Ford Köln
    Ford Köln

    Ford K?ln is an automobile from the Cologne, Germany plant of the Ford Germany that was in production from 1932 to 1935. It was the German version of the Ford Model Y....
     (1932-1935),
  • Ford Eifel
    Ford Eifel

    Ford Eifel was a automobile manufactured by Ford Germany and Ford Hungary between 1935 and 1939.About 60 000 of them were produced. The engine was a four cylinder, four stroke 1172 cc giving 34 hp at 4250 rpm....
     (1935-1939),
  • Ford Taunus
    Ford Taunus

    Ford Taunus was a range of family cars sold by Ford Germany in Germany and other countries. Models from 1970 onward were similar to the Ford Cortina in the United Kingdom....
     (1939-1951),
  • Ford Taunus
    Ford Taunus

    Ford Taunus was a range of family cars sold by Ford Germany in Germany and other countries. Models from 1970 onward were similar to the Ford Cortina in the United Kingdom....
     12M first generation (1952-1959),
  • Ford Taunus
    Ford Taunus

    Ford Taunus was a range of family cars sold by Ford Germany in Germany and other countries. Models from 1970 onward were similar to the Ford Cortina in the United Kingdom....
     12M second generation (1959-1962),


  • Buckler
    Buckler Cars

    The Buckler Cars company founded by Derek Buckler and based in Reading, Berkshire, England produced approximately 500 cars between 1947 and 1962....
     for their lightweight sports kitcars for road use and rallies, trials, hillclimbs or racing.
  • Falcon


  • Rochdale
    Rochdale (car)

    Rochdale cars were a series of mainly glass fibre bodied British sports car made by Rochdale Motor Panels and Engineering in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England between 1948 and 1973....
     (C-type, F-type, MkVI, ST, GT and Riviera),


  • Morgan
    Morgan Motor Company

    The Morgan Motor Company is a United Kingdom automobile manufacturer. The company was founded in 1909 by H.F.S. Morgan and was run by him until 1959....
    • F4,
    • 4/4
      Morgan 4/4

      Morgan 4/4 was the Morgan Motor Company's first car with four wheels. It appeared in 1936. Its model designation "4-4" stood for four wheels and four cylinders....
       Series II,
    • F4/F2
    • F Super),


  • Lotus
    Lotus Cars

    File:Final assembly.jpgLotus Cars is a United Kingdom manufacturer of sports car and race car automobiles based at Hethel, Norfolk, England. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and high Car handling characteristics....
    • Mk2
      Lotus Mk2

      The car that came to be known as the Lotus Mk. 2 was created in 1949, while Colin Chapman was serving with the RAF. For his second car Chapman built on the knowledge gained from building and competing in the Lotus Mk.1, so he again used the widely available and inexpensive Austin 7 chassis as a starting point....
      ,
    • Mk4
      Lotus Mk4

      Lotus Mk4 was a trials car by Colin Chapman built on a Austin 7 chassis. Chapman?s success at building trials cars brought another previous customer, Mike Lawson, to order a second trials car in 1952 to replace his Lotus Mk2, in which he won the Wrotham Cup....
      ,
    • 6
      Lotus 6

      After building multiple Classic Trials and road racing cars, Colin Chapman introduced his first 'production' car, the Lotus 6, in 1952. The heart of the Mark 6, as it was called, was a fully stressed space frame....
    • 7
      Lotus Seven

      The Lotus Seven was a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car produced by Lotus Cars between 1957 and 1972.It was designed by Lotus founder Colin Chapman and has been considered the embodiment of the Lotus philosophy of performance through low weight and simplicity....
       S1),


  • Ginetta Cars
    Ginetta Cars

    Ginetta Cars was founded in 1958 by the four Walklett brothers in Woodbridge, Suffolk, Suffolk, England. The cars are currently made in Leeds, West Yorkshire....
    • G2
    • G3 (aka Fairlite)),
  • TVR
    TVR

    TVR is an independent United Kingdom manufacturer of sports cars based in the England town of Blackpool, Lancashire. The company manufactures lightweight sports cars with powerful engines and is the third-largest specialised sports car manufacturer in the world, offering a diverse range of coup?s and convertibles....
     Grantura
    TVR Grantura

    The first model in a long and distinguished line of TVR cars made its debut in 1958, the TVR Grantura. The cars went through a series of developments leading to as the I to IV and 1800S models....
     I, Tornado
    Tornado (car company)

    Tornado Cars was founded in 1957 by Bill Woodhouse and Tony Bullen based in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK.The first model was the Typhoon Sports, available either as a body for fitting to Ford of Britain 8/10 chassis or with a Tornado designed and manufactured chassis to which a range of engines and transmissions could be fitted....
     Typhoon, Cannon Trials Car and Gregory.


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