Knight 0.75 hp motor car. The car, originally constructed as a three-wheeler, was completed and ran in July 1895. It was altered to a four-wheeler in April 1896. It has a one cylinder engine with hot-tube ignition, later converted to electric ignition (by battery, coil and plug). The car is fitted with a direct-acting hand brake. Transmission is by belts. 0.75 hp motor car, 1895 1895
Component from the three wheeled motor car, by Benz, Paris, France, 1888 Component from the three wheeled Benz motor car 1888
Daimler, Kimberley model, 4.1/2 hp motor car, 1901, made by the Daimler Motor Company of Coventry. Powered by a two-cylinder, water-cooled engine of 1240cc capacity. A single flat belt takes the drive from a pulley on the engine crankshaft to a countershaft which is provided with three spur gears of different diameters, any one of which may be put into mesh with its fellow on the live rear axle. Kimberley 4.5 hp motor car, 1901, made by Daimler Motor Co. 1901
Fascia dash board from 1937 Hillman Minx, 1937-1938 Fascia dash board from 1937 Hillman Minx 1937-1938
Sectioned Morris Mini-Minor car, by British Motor Corporation, Cowley, Oxfordshire, England, 1959. Launched on 26 August 1959, the Mini was born of the need for fuel economy following the Suez Crisis of 1956. It was designed as the smallest possible, civilised, four-seat car. Powered by a four cylinder, 848cc, 37 bhp engine, the car has a four-speed gearbox operating in the engine sump, driving the front wheels through Rzeppa constant velocity joints. Sectioned Morris Mini-Minor car 1959