The Atalanta is a British car manufactured from 1937 to 1939 by Atalanta Motors Ltd in Staines, Middlesex. Two models are made.
Video Atalanta (1937 automobile)
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The 1937 car uses a rather disorganized Albert Gough 4-cylinder overhead-cam 1496 cc 78 bhp and 1996 cc 98 bhp engine with three valves and two spark plugs per cylinder that had previously been fitted to some Frazer Nashes where Gough had worked. The supercharged version of Arnott is also available. A three or four speed gearbox is offered. The car has a tubular steel chassis and all independent suspension of rotation using coil springs. Two-seat open sports and a two-seat drophead coupe body built by Abbott are available.
From 1938 the car can be owned with a Lincoln-Zephyr 4-3-liter V-12 engine that delivers 112 bhp which proves more popular. The car has a 3-speed gearbox. A four-seat version on a slightly longer chassis is made just like two seats.
The 1496cc version races in the 24-hour Le Mans 24 hours race driven by Charles Morrison & amp; Neil Watson (one of the company's founders). The car retreated with a damaged driveshaft.
The cars were very expensive and the outbreak of the war stopped production after only about 20 cars were made. The company continues to exist pumping and becoming Atalanta Engineering Ltd.
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RGS Atalanta
Richard Gaylard Shattock revived the name after the Second World War with RGS Atalanta, offering a complete car with fiberglass bodywork or spare parts until 1958. Lea-Francis, Ford and Jaguar engines are used, at least 1 car equipped with Aston Martin DB2/4 2.6 L or 3Ã, L triple SU H6 engine carburettor. Additional 14/10/2011. In the late 1930s there was also an open sports version of Atalanta, with an enormous 7L American side-valve engine and 8-gear position, gated gear switching. Also a small open-engined sports version uses an OHV engine with a blower.
Another car named Atalanta
There is another unrelated Atalanta company based in Greenwich, London which built some 9 hp four-cylinder cars from 1916 to 1917.
Atalanta is a name that is also used on cars made by the somewhat mysterious Owen of London, England around the year 1910. This company existed between 1899 and 1935 but seems to have made very little if any cars.
Atalanta is also a sports-toothed version of the Armstrong Siddeley 20/25 hp line, which was sold between 1936 and 1938.
A new sports car manufactured by Atalanta Motors Ltd from Staffordshire is featured in 2012 and at 2014 Hampton Court Palace Concours d'Elegance.
See also
- Lewes Speed ​​Trial
- List of car manufacturers from the United Kingdom
External links
- Photos and pictures of the cars
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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