27-02-2019, 08:48 AM
(This post was last modified: 27-02-2019, 09:05 AM by Bob Culver.)
Straying a bit but the topic is not uninteresting. The RAC formula is distorted by few cylinders and by short strokes. The shortish stroke 2.9 litre model T was 22 hp. With tax of one pound per hp p.a it left a market for Brit 10s, 12s. Our Sevens are really 8s. Early Jowett twins were larger than A7s and only 6 RAC but advertised as 7 to not deter buyers. My favourite is the 1911 Lion Peugot twin racers 80x280 2.8 litre but 8 RAC. Probably the driver trained with a jack hammer. The ohv Anglia was about 1 litre but 16 RAC hp.
Re Brooklands, compared wages of the time, prizes and prices formidable. I guess a kept chauffeur only got 2 pound or so.
Re Brooklands, compared wages of the time, prizes and prices formidable. I guess a kept chauffeur only got 2 pound or so.