EARLY USE OF OIL ENGINES IN CARS
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WE read with interest a letter from Mr. S. R. Sheane " in "The Commercial Motor" dated March 21, and note with pleasure the satisfaction which his company has had from oil-engined vehicles.
We appreciate the comments in your footnote to this letter, and as a matter of interest the following is a diary of events relating to our early oil-engined motorcars: January, 1932.—Gardner 4LW engine installation completed in 1925 three-litre Bentley chassis. March, 1932.—This car driven in the R.A.C. Rally, finishing at Torquay.
June, 1932.—Brooklands lapped in 2 mins. 11 secs. June, 1932.—Car driven in the Shelsley Walsh Hill • climb; time, 62.3-5 secs.
January, 1933.—This car was driven by Lord de Clifford in the Monte Carlo Rally, starting from Tallin, Estonia, finishing fifth in general classification, making the best British performance, and winning its class in the Mont de Mules Hill-climb. August, 1934.—Gardner LK installed in 1933 2-litre Lagonda car. April, 1935.—Another LK installed ,./m• Invicta tar.
August, 1935.—Lagonda road tested by the . Technical Press.
We would point out that the above refers only to installations made in these works, and all of these engines are still in use, although the LKs have been fitted to more modern cars JOHN K. GARDNER.
(For L. Gardner and Sons, Ltd.) Patricroft, Manchester.
Pie are particularly interested in these particulars, for it was at our request that the oil-engined Bentley. was lent to Lord de Clifford so that it could compete in the Monte Carlo Rally of 1933.—En.]