
FORWARD FERODO
FORWARD FERODO At the E.R.A. Club dinner, Raymond Mays said that he was doing 150 m.p.h. before braking for the Fork turn on the Mountain Circuit at Brooklands, and that…
Brief Specification.
Engine : 6 cyl. bore 73 mm., stroke 100 mm., total capacity 2,511 c.c., detachable head. Push rod operated o.h.v., pump cooling, 4-bearing crankshaft. i hree point rubber engine mounting. Dual ignition by coil and polar
inductor magneto. hree S. U. carburetters. Clutch : Single plate.
Gearbox : Separate. Central change, synchromesh on all four gears. Transmission : Tubular pro pellor shaft, metal universals. Rear Axle : Fully/loafing, with sPiral bevel final drive. Brakes : Alois self energising
type. Springs : Independent for front wheels with ivis shock ab
sorbers. Semi-elliptic at rear with Andre friction hydrotelecontrol.
Battery : Lucas 12 volt., 2 unit electrical system, dynamo positively driven.
Wheels and lyres: Dunlop wheels, 19 rims. Dunlop 5.50 cord tyres.
Wheelbase : 10′ 3′. 1 rack : 4′ V
Price : Chassis £600. Sports 4 seater £695. Drop head coupe 4 ‘seater £825. t. harksworth saloon, as tested £825.