Tamplin

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Tamplin
Sir John Carden
Body and chassis
ClassCyclecar
Body style2-seat open
Powertrain
Engine980 cc
Dimensions
Wheelbase84 inches (2134 mm)[1]
Width34 inches (860 mm)[1]
Tamplin Light Car
Overview
Production1924-1925
Body and chassis
ClassCyclecar
Body style2-seat
Powertrain
Engine964 cc
Dimensions
Wheelbase84 inches (2134 mm)[1]
Length114 inches (2896 mm)[1]
Width42 inches (1067 mm)[1]

The Tamplin was an

Staines, Middlesex [2] and from 1924 to 1925 in Malden Road, Cheam, Surrey.[3]

Edward Alfred Tamplin,

JAP V-twin, air-cooled engine mounted on the side of the body and coupled by chain drive to a Sturmey-Archer three-speed-and-reverse gearbox and then by an exposed belt to the rear wheels. To avoid the need for a differential, drive was to the left-side rear wheel. The engine was started by a kick starter from the driver's seat. The clutch pedal, when fully depressed, operated the brakes. The wheels were close together, giving the car a very narrow track. The independent front suspension used coil springs and the rear had quarter elliptical leaf springs. Some cars were fitted with Blackburne
engines.

The open body was made of

fibreboard which was made waterproof by soaking it in linseed oil
. The car seated two people, one behind the other. The body tub also acted as the chassis.

In 1924 a new, more conventional, version was announced with a front-mounted engine and a much wider body, allowing side-by-side seating. A centrally mounted chain replaced the belt drive to the rear axle. The new model also had a separate chassis.

Total production of the cars is uncertain. Tamplin claimed 1896 were made,[2] but this is not supported by known chassis numbers.[5] At the busiest times up to 14 cars a week may have been made.

By 1925 the market for cyclecars was effectively over and Tamplin returned to the garage business becoming a truck dealer.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-333-16689-2
    .
  2. ^
    ISBN 1-57958-293-1
    .
  3. ISSN 0955-1328
    .
  4. ^ "Tamplin Motors". Grace's Guide.
  5. ISBN 1-870979-53-2
    .
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