Austin
7HP 1910
In
1910 Austin stared to work on a 7 hp single cylinder, by using one
cylinder-block from the 18/24 engine as a basis for a tiny
single-cylinder engine in a very light frame. A prototype was made
at Longbridge to see if it was a practical vehicle to produce.
After evaluating the project it was decided some time after to send
the vehicle along with the drawings and body patterns to the Swift
works at Coventry. It was there in a separate department that
R.H.Every was put in charge of putting it into production. The
Swift Company which was controlled by Harvey Du Cros, had agreed
that the vehicle could be made at his factory. It appears that they
were badged as Austin and Swifts and according to records out of
the 1,030 produced 162 were Austin's. The car was sold for £150 but
it was not a success so after just two years from launched,
production ceased.
Single-cylinder
engine in chassis
Austin
Seven Single Cylinder Car