Reference
X171/220
Title
Certificate of the Scottish Automobile Club, Western Section, after the Scottish Reliability Trial for Touring Cars
Certificate that vehicle entered by the Adams Manufacturing Co. Ltd., an 9 to 10 h.p. Adams-Hewitt, motive power petrol, brake horse power 9 to 10, seating capacity 2, number of cylinders 1, selling price of chassis £175, selling price complete £185, weight without passengers 14 cwts. 1 qr.
Vehicle fitted with 760 by 90 mm Dunlop pneumatic tyres, and stops for tyre trouble were nil.
Petrol 23.204 miles per gallon.
Marks Reliability 791 out of 800
fuel cons'tion 73.8 out of 100
hill climbing 74.4 out of 100
sgd 9 August 1906
(The Adams Manufacturing Co. was a Bedford firm.)
Vehicle no. 1 - 41
(A similar car was purchased by Mr Richard Bagshawe. He spent 2 years repairing it, and has now deposited the vehicle at thew Shuttleworth Museum at Old Warden)
Date free text
13-16 June 1906
Production date
From: 1906 To: 1906
Level of description
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