Fri 23
Oct 2009 08:43 Bertie Wooster's Sports
Car - bintang
Can
anyone identify for me Bertie's gorgeous car, featured in the morning ITV3
broadcasts
of the "Jeeves and Wooster" series?
Fri 23
Oct 2009 08:51 Bertie Wooster's Sports
Car - Harmattan
Apparently
an Aston Martin 1.5 litre although I had thought it was a Lagonda as per Capt.
Hastings in Poirot.
https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=79527
The Aston
Martin automobiles were initially produced by Bamford and Martin Ltd. from 1913
through 1925. William Renwich and A.C. (Augustus Cesare / 'Bert') Bertelli
acquired the company in 1926, birthing Aston Martin Motors Ltd. Near the close
of 1926, Aston martin moved to a factory in Victoria Road in Feltham,
Middlesex, and a new line of cars was introduced in 1927 at the Motor Show at
Olympia. Most of the coachwork applied to Aston Martin vehicles over the next
decade were courtesy of Enrico Bertelli (A.C.'s brother) who operated out of an
adjacent body shop to Aston Martin, located on Victoria Road.
Early
production focused primarily on saloons and long chassis tourers known as the
T-Type, produced from 1927 through 1928, and residing on a 114-inch wheelbase.
In the Pre-War era, Aston Martin's production was low. Only fourteen examples
of the T-Type were created, including 6 Tourers and 8 saloons. It is believed
that only 1 example of each body style remains in existence.
The
S-Type Sports Model rested on a shortened chassis and filled the need for more
sporting applications. The first example was displayed at the London Motor Show
at Olympia in 1928 and sold from the show stand to the Maharajah of Patiala and
dispatched to India.
The
S-Type was powered by a 1,495cc engine with overhead camshafts, Magneto
ignition, twin SU carburetors, and paired to a four-speed non-synchromesh
transmission.
by Daniel
Vaughan | Sep 2024
https://www.conceptcarz.com/z20422/aston-martin-s-type.aspx