ADAMS (ENGLAND), 1905-1914
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Adams (automobile) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_(automobile)
The Adams was an English automobile manufactured in Bedford, England , between 1905
and 1914.
A H Adams had founded the
Igranic Works in Bedford in 1899 to make electrical equipment. American-born Edward R. Hewitthad helped Sir Hiram Maxim to build a large steam plane in 1894. He later designed a "gas
buggy" along the lines of an Oldsmobile and following agreement with Adams production of the car started in 1905 as the Adams-Hewitt. The
Adams-Hewitt had a supposedly foolproof two, later three, speed epicyclic
transmission with a 1724 cc 10 hp single-cylinder engine located
horizontally in the middle of the chassis driving the rear wheels by chain. Indeed,
"Pedals to push, that's all" was used as the marque's slogan. Hewitt
eventually returned to the United States
to manufacture similar cars under his own name and his name was dropped from
the British produced cars. In 1906 a range of more
conventional cars was introduced with shaft-drive and vertical engines and from 1907 sliding mesh gearboxes. One of these
was supplied to the Emperor of Abyssinia.] Models offered included two- and four-cylinder ones and one of the first British V-8s; this last had a
7270 cc 35/40 hp engine based on the French
Antoinette
model (an aero engine for which Adams were agents). The V-8 seems to have been
plagued by crankshaft breakages. The last single cylinder cars were made in 1909.
In
1910, the company produced an advanced 16 hp four cylinder model with
front-wheel brakes; it came with compressed-air starting, tire-inflating, and
jacking equipment. The "pedals-to-push" gear was still offered, as
was a conventional four-speed transmission and an unusual planetary gear change
(three-speed), which was operated by a pedal that moved in a gate.
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