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Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Minutes of a meeting held on 9 November 1954 in connection...

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PA1716/2/1/180/2
Title
Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Minutes of a meeting held on 9 November 1954 in connection with the 2.3 litre motor car
Date
9 November 1954
Description

It has been decided to deal with this motor car under two headings, one covering design and development, and the other one, finance. The design and development minutes with drawings are hereunder: 1 Chassis: (a ) Frame. (b) Engine. (i) Air intake noise. (ii) Excessive exhaust noise. (iii) Improved oil filler cap. (iv) Engine front, mounting brackets. (v) Distributor. (c) Gearbox (i) Jumping out of 3rd gear on deceleration and; (ii) Judder associated with the mounting of the gearbox on the chassis. (d) Propeller shaft and rear axle (e) rear springs. (f) Rear shock absorbers. (g) Front shock absorbers. (h) front suspension. (i) Brakes. (j) Overdrive. (k) Automatic type gearbox. (l) Steering. (m) Radiator. Body: This section deals with the existing improvements to No.2 prototype. (a) Body shell. (iv) petrol filler cap. (b) Flooring. (c) Seating. (e) Rear window demister. (k) Headroom. 4 Road development. Appendix A: Comparison drawings of the AS 2.3 litre prototype No1 and 2 to the Vauxhall Cresta and Rover 90 seating arrangements. Appendix B: Report C.144 Pave test on 2.3 litre prototype

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Coventry Archives & Research Centre
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English
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Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Minutes of a meeting held on 9 November 1954 in connection with the 2.3 litre motor car