Sectioned Morris Mini-Minor car, by British Motor Corporation, Cowley, Oxfordshire, England, 1959. Sectioned Morris Mini-Minor car Road Transport 1959
Rolls-Royce, yellow, 40-50 H.P. Silver Ghost motor car, 1909, Chassis no. 1119. It is fitted with a Hooper landaulet body, which is supported on a stiff chassis frame of channel-section steel girders. It has a six-cylinder vertical watercooled engine. Rolling chassis built at Roll-Royce works in Derby. Body built at Hooper & Co in Westminster, London. 40-50HP Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost motor car Road Transport 1909
Ford Edsel car, 1958. Serial no. X8WX702430, registration no. DBY 475B. The Ford Edsel was launched with considerable publicity on 4 September 1957, branded ‘E-Day’, with a television special ‘The Edsel Show’ aired in October. However despite the publicity the Edsel was unsuccessful and eventually pulled in November 1959. Ford had promised a completely new kind of car, yet the Edsel was essentially conventional with bodywork similar to previous models. Ford Edsel Corsair motor car Road Transport 1958
Car with experimental compressed air transmission. Made by Professor Hugh Longbourne Callendar in the Physics Department workshops at Imperial College, London. The car is based on a 1906 20hp Model F Stanley steam car. Professor Callendar installed a c1911 Swift, two-cylinder, petrol car engine where the boiler would have been on the original Stanley car. This petrol engine powered an air compressor, providing compressed air to power a 20hp Stanley steam car engine which drove the rear axle. The car is fitted with a Swift radiator and different hood so does not look like a standard Stanley steam car. Compressed Air-Transmission Motor Car Road Transport c1910
Citroen type DS19 automatically guided motor car, 1960. Citroen type DS19 automatically guided motor car Road Transport 1960
Volkswagen Golf Mark 1 motor car, 1093cc. It is Marino Yellow in colour and was first registered on, 1 October 1975. Registration number: MFM 885P; Chassis number: 1753443786; Engine number: FA 211001. Although the car was built late in 1974 ('N' registration year) it was not registered until the 1975 model-year (with a 'P' registration plate). Its warranted speedometer reading is 9,264 miles. Volkswagen Golf Mark 1 motor car Road Transport 1975
Bentley 4.25 litre motor car, 1939. Fitted with a special coupé body made by the coachbuilding firm of Gurney Nutting. The 29.4hp, 6-cylinder, overhead valve engine develops 126 bhp and can propel the car at over 90 mph and the car can cruise comfortably at 70 mph. Registration number FLH4; Engine no. E. 5. BK; Chassis no. B.40MR. Bentley 4.25 litre engine coupé motor car Road Transport 1939
Lagonda saloon car built in Middlesex in 1957 by Aston Martin. Features a three litre six-cylinder twin-overhead-cam engine, a cruciform chassis and independent suspension. Lagonda Saloon Car, 1957 Road Transport 1957
Darracq car, 1898. This car was built to the designs of M. Leon Bollee in 1898 (who sold the production rights for his design to Alexandre Darracq for 250,000 francs). It has a single cylinder, horizontal, air-cooled motor at the front, which drives the rear wheels through a belt change-speed gear, clutch, spur-gearing and differential. The motor develops 5 h.p at 800 r.p.m. Darracq motor car Road Transport 1898
Daimler motor car built by the Motor Manufacturing Company, 1897-1899. Engine no, 308, chassis no, 308. It has a two-cylinder engine with hot tube ignition with chain drive from a counter-shaft to sprockets on wheels on both sides of the rear axle. A cone-type clutch is used. The gears give three speeds forward and three speeds in reverse. The cooling radiator is under the body at the rear and the wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres. The vertical, water-cooled engine has a capacity of 1650 c.c. and develops an output of 6 H.P. at 700 r.p.m. The car has an open wagonette body with seating for six people. The steering is of the Ackermann type and is controlled by a steering wheel. Daimler Car Road Transport 1899
Napier ‘40/50’ limousine motor car. Built in 1921 by D. Napier and Son in London, this luxury car has a six-cylinder engine with a capacity of six litres. The limousine body was built by coachbuilders Maythorn & Son. Napier '40/50' Limousine Motor Car, 1921 Road Transport 1921
Vauxhall Victor series 2 de luxe motor car, registration no. 6532MH, engine no. 340817, chassis no. FE340464, 1960. The Victor, one of Vauxhall Motors best-selling models in the 1960s, was introduced in 1957 as a four door saloon with a completely redesigned body - a panoramic windscreen, wrap-around rear window and traditional Vauxhall flutes along the body sides. Series 1 was succeeded in 1959 by series 2 models, recognised by smooth body side panels, full width radiator grille and smooth wrap-around bumpers. Vauxhall Victor series 2 de luxe motor car Road Transport 1960
Unic taxicab, 1922, is driven by a 13.9 hp, four-cylinder, monobloc engine. Chassis and engine manufactured by Unic in Puteaux, France. Body built by W R Wood in England. Unic Taxicab, 1922 Road Transport 1922
Daf 44 car, 1967, Registration no. ATE 79E, chassis no. 501 458, converted by Shell Research Ltd at Thornton Research Centre to be powered by a hydrogen fuel-cell to demonstrate the feasibility of fuel cells for vehicle propulsion. The standard petrol engine has been replaced by a solid state control system developed by Lucas Research Centre. The fuel cells, mounted in the boot of the car, react hydrazine with air to produce electricity which provides the base load energy at cruising speed. Additional energy is provided by lead-acid batteries which are kept charged by the fuel cells during periods of low energy consumption. The car has a top speed of 50 mph and a weight of 3,040 lbs.; 47% more than the standard DAF 44. DAF 44 Petrol car converted to fuel cells for propulsion Road Transport 1967
Nemesis electric supercar, made by Ecotricity, UK, 2008-2010 Nemesis electric supercar, made by Ecotricity, 2008-2010 Road Transport 2008-2010
Baby Peugeot 6 hp motor car, 1915. Sectioned body to show water-cooled, four-cylinder engine and chassis. Engine no. 12294. 6 h.p. "Baby Peugeot" Motor Car Road Transport 1915
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. Road Transport 1901
Lanchester 'Eighteen' saloon car, 1937. The car has flat floors, a sunshine roof, and comfortable seating for four persons. The overhead valve engine has six cylinders with a bore of 72 mm, a stroke of 105 mm and a total capacity of 2565 cc, developing 19.3hp. The compression ratio is 6 to 1. An S.U. carburettor and a Lucas ignition coil are fitted. The transmission incorporates a Daimler type of fluid flywheel used in conjunction with a Wilson epicyclic, pre-selector, four-speed gearbox. This Lanchester car weighs 32 ½ cwt., has a top speed of 65 mph and a fuel consumption of approximately 18 mpg. Reg: EKJ614 Chassis no: 13380 Engine no: 81261 Lanchester 'Eighteen' saloon motor car Road Transport 1937
Shell of a Riversimple hydrogen powered car, Hyrban model, designed and manufactured by Riversimple Movement Ltd, British, 2010 Shell of a Riversimple hydrogen powered car Road Transport 2010
Volga Mark21K motorcar, c. 1965. Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod or Gorky Automobile Plant, based in Russia, started to produce Volga cars in 1956. Registration number Q128 RGF Volga Mark21K motor car Road Transport c. 1965
Stanley Locomobile Steam Car, 1899 Stanley steam car with early type pneumatic tyres. Road Transport 1899
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 Road Transport 1895
Renault type AG 7.9hp taxi, 1910. Registration no: CD 2922. Engine no. 7304. Chassis no: 22634. This taxi seats four passengers. It is powered by a 2 cylinder 7.9 hp engine that drives through a 3 speed gearbox to the bevel rear axle. The radiator is mounted behind the engine. The Renault Taxi was the first motor taxi to be built in large numbers. It was introduced in Paris in 1906 and in London in 1907. They were so successful that, by the end of 1910, there were more motor taxis than horse-drawn cabs in London. This particular vehicle was used as a taxi at Hove station from 1910 until the 1930s. Renault Type AF 7.9hp Taxi Road Transport 1910
‘Double-headed' Vauxhall Astra for demonstrating a range of working mobility aids to assist disabled drivers gain access to, as well as exit, a motor vehicle. Constructed at Vauxhall Motors Ellesmere Port plant c1990-1991, and subsequently fitted with a number of different aids, occasionally updated, for demonstrations and driver assessments until 2005 at the Department of Transport's Mobility Advice and Vehicle Information Service (M.A.V.I.S.) at Crowthorne, Berkshire, England, 1991-2005. Vauxhall car fitted with mobility aids, United Kingdom, 1990-2005 Orthopaedics 1990-2005
Component from the three wheeled motor car, by Benz, Paris, France, 1888 Component from the three wheeled Benz motor car Road Transport 1888
NSU Ro 80 motor car, 1973. Chassis no. 0831001542 registration no. LHW 80L. In 1967 NSU produced the Ro 80, the first car specifically designed to be run by the Wankel rotary engine. The smooth compact engine was expected to offer significant advantages over the conventional piston engine and it did receive some high praise from the motoring press. It was complemented on its outstanding road handling, ride and high speed cruising, however fuel consumption let it down and it soon got a reputation for being unreliable. By 1970 most of the car’s problems had be resolved but due to a necessarily generous warranty policy and the damage to the car's reputation sales were low. NSU discontinued the Ro 80 in 1977 and now only Mazda make cars with a Wankel engine. NSU Ro 80 motor car Road Transport 1973
Fiat 500, manufactured in 1970. Model L, registration number ABW 175H Fiat 500, 1970 Road Transport 1970
Daimler four cylinder, 12hp car, 1899. The engine is placed vertically at the front and drives the rear wheels through a gearbox, transverse differential and chains. In 1899, the car's owner, Lord John Scott Montagu, took King Edward VII on a drive in it through the New Forest on one of the King’s early rides in a motor-car on public roads when Montagu was staying at Highcliffe Castle in Hampshire. 1899 Daimler four cylinder, 12hp car Road Transport 1899
Trabant P601 Two Door Saloon, 1986. Reg. No. D799 NCV. Chassis No.36084342. The Trabant was first introduced in 1959, in what was then East Germany (German Democratic Republic) and continued to be produced until 1991. They have become typified as the symbol of Eastern European motoring before the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, partly because of the legendry long wait for a new one (up to 15yrs), partly because they lasted so long, but also because so many were seen to come out of East German in 1989. This example has a two-stroke 594cc engine and was produced in 1986 and exported from East Germany to Cornwall in 1992. Trabant P601 motor car Road Transport 1986
Second generation Ford Festiva / Aspire with Orbital two-stroke experimental engine, 1995. This Orbital Corporation (Perth, Australia) Eco Sport motor car comprises a Ford Aspire modified for use in a joint Orbital Corp. and Walbro Engine Management (Tucson, Arizona, USA) fleet test of Orbital's Genesis engine and direct injection technology. 1995 manufacture (Kia of Korea 10/02/1995) Ford Aspire (Festiva) automobile with three cylinder, two-stroke Orbital engine. VINKNJLT05H1T6168229. Second generation Ford Festiva / Aspire Road Transport 1995
Cylindrical glass bottle with cork stopper, contains "car" stalks from Lahore, Indian, 1830-1930 Cylindrical glass bottle with cork stopper Materia Medica & Pharmacology 1830-1930
Ford Cortina automatic car, registration no. BRA 669B, 1964 Ford Cortina Automatic Car Road Transport 1964
Hillman Minx touring car, 1932. The Hillman Motor Car Company was founded in 1907 but by 1929 Hillman had just become a marque, being bought by Humber which was in turn bought by the Rootes Group in 1931. This is probably one of the earliest examples of the well-known Hillman Minx cars made by the Rootes Group. The ‘Minx’ cars were made between 1932 and 1970 and included many variations including saloons, estates and convertibles; however the first models were touring or, like this one, touring-sports cars. The Hillman name is now owned by the French company Peugeot. Hillman Minx touring motor car Road Transport 1932
