Four cylinder motor car

Made:
1898-1899 in Coventry

Daimler four cylinder, 12hp car, 1898-1899. The engine is placed vertically at the front and drives the rear wheels through a gearbox, transverse differential and chains.

Details

Category:
Road Transport
Object Number:
1925-52
type:
private car
credit:
John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu

Parts

1899 Daimler four cylinder, 12hp car

1899 Daimler four cylinder, 12hp car

Daimler four cylinder, 12hp car, 1899. The engine is placed vertically at the front and drives the rear wheels through a gearbox, transverse differential and chains. In 1899, the car's owner, Lord John Scott Montagu, took King Edward VII on a drive in it through the New Forest on one of the King’s early rides in a motor-car on public roads when Montagu was staying at Highcliffe Castle in Hampshire...

Measurements:
overall: 1870 mm x 1690 mm x 3200 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal) , copper (alloy) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , rubber (unidentified) , leather , paint and glass
Object Number:
1925-52 Pt1
type:
car
Daimler motor car starting handle

Daimler motor car starting handle

Starting handle from Daimler four cylinder car, 1898. See TOP record for extended information about this car.

Measurements:
overall: 61 mm x 215 mm x 250 mm,
Materials:
metal (ferrous)
Object Number:
1925-52 Pt2
type:
private cars