Buckingham (automobile)

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Buckingham 8
Overview
Manufacturer Buckingham Engineering Company
Production 1913-1914
Designer J F Buckingham
Body and chassis
Class Cyclecar
Body style 2-seat open
Powertrain
Engine 729 cc Buckingham single-cylinder
Dimensions
Wheelbase 82 inches (2083 mm) [1]
Length 111 inches (2820 mm) [1]
Width 52 inches (1320 mm) [1]
Buckingham 10
Overview
Manufacturer Buckingham Engineering Company
Production 1920-1923
Designer J F Buckingham
Body and chassis
Class Light car
Body style 2-seat
Powertrain
Engine 1096 cc Buckingham V twin
Dimensions
Wheelbase 96 inches (2438 mm) [1]
Length 124 inches (3150 mm) [1]

The Buckingham was an English automobile manufactured by the Buckingham Engineering Company in Coventry from 1914 until 1923. The company had made cars under the Chota name from 1912.

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

Coventry City and Metropolitan borough in England

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

The Chota was a 6 hp English cyclecar manufactured from 1912 until 1913 by the Buckingham Engine Works of Coventry. Chota is Hindustani for "small".

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History

The first cars were a 746 cc cyclecar and a 1492 cc V-twin-engined light car both previously sold as Chotas. The engines were to Buckingham's own design [2] and were water-cooled.

Production was suspended during World War I and during the conflict Captain Buckingham, the company owner, gained fame as the inventor of the tracer bullet, which was used against airships. [3]

Tracer ammunition

Tracer ammunition (tracers) are bullets or cannon caliber projectiles that are built with a small pyrotechnic charge in their base. Ignited by the burning powder, the pyrotechnic composition burns very brightly, making the projectile trajectory visible to the naked eye during daylight, and very bright during nighttime firing. This enables the shooter to make aiming corrections without observing the impact of the rounds fired and without using the sights of the weapon. Tracer fire can also be used to signal to other shooters where to concentrate their fire during battle.

In 1920 he returned to car production with a new model using an air-cooled version of the pre war V-twin engine but now with a capacity of 1096 cc, a two-speed gearbox and belt drive to the rear axle. [3] A three-speed gearbox was fitted from 1922 with shaft drive and a rear axle incorporating a differential. [3] Front suspension was by a transverse leaf spring and the rear by quarter elliptic leaf springs. [3] The two-seat bodies were made by the coachbuilder Charlesworth.

Charlesworth Bodies UK coachbuilding business

Charlesworth Bodies Limited of Much Park Street, Coventry, owned a coachbuilding business that had been founded in 1907 by three partners: Gray, Hill and Steane.

A coupé version was called the "Palace".

From 1922 to 1923 manufacture of the car was undertaken by Alvis but it is estimated that they only made about 30 of the cars. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Culshaw; Horrobin (1974). Complete Catalogue of British Cars. London: Macmillan. ISBN   0-333-16689-2.
  2. ↑ Georgano, N. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: HMSO. ISBN   1-57958-293-1.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Baldwin, Nick (1994). The Automobile A-Z of Cars of the 1920s. Bideford, England: Bay View Books. p. 240. ISBN   1901432092.

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