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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nVisitors are\ngreeted in the entrance hall by this gorgeous Rover 8. Designed for Rover by\nJack Sangster, it has an air-cooled flat twin side-valve engine of 998 c.c.\n(enlarged to 1134 c.c.) and sold very well from 1921 to 1925 when it was\novertaken by the Austin Seven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Horstman\nwas manufactured in Bath, Somerset from 1914 to 1929. Initially it had a 995\nc.c. 4-cylinder engine of Horstman\u2019s own design and manufacture but after the\nGreat War Coventry Simplex and Anzani engines were used. A 3-speed gearbox was\nmounted in the rear axle and a pedal was used to start the engine. Most\nHorstmans had open 2- and 4- seater bodies and a Super Sports model was\noffered. The cars performed well in the multiple trials of the period and a\nHorstman came fifth in the 200 mile race at Brooklands in 1923.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nA 1926 Star Scorpio. The Star Motor Company of Wolverhampton built their first car in 1898 and by the start of World War 1 were one of the six biggest motor manufacturers in the country. They built well engineered if rather conservative cars \u2013 this Scorpio is typical, having a 4-cylinder side-valve 1745 c.c. engine. Unable to compete with the mass produced cars, the company closed in 1932, having made 15,600 cars altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Empire\nbegan life as a 20 h.p. 4-cylinder 2-seater, built initially in Indianapolis,\nand among its backers was Carl Fisher, the instigator of the Indianapolis Motor\nSpeedway. In fact, the prototype Empire was the first car to be driven on the\nnew brickwork circuit. Under new ownership the car only lasted until 1919\ndespite new additions to the range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPackard,\nPierce Arrow and Peerless, the three \u201c Ps\u201d, America\u2019s prestige car makers. By the mid-Thirties\nPackard felt the need for a medium- price car to enable more people to be able\nto buy a Packard. The result was the 120 Series with an L-head eight cylinder\nengine and a variety of body styles. It was just what the dealers needed and\nsold for the year from August 1935 50,000 units! The car was chosen as the Pace\nCar at the 1936 Indianapolis 500 and for the first time the winner would\nreceive the Pace Car \u2013 Tommy Milton was the lucky new Packard owner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nElwood\nHaynes started making cars in collaboration with the Apperson brothers but\nafter a while the arrangement did not work out and from 1905 Haynes renamed the\nfirm the Haynes Automobile Company. At the New York Automobile Show in January\n1916 was introduced this Haynes V-12 with a 5842 c.c. ohv engine, built\nin-house. It became known as the Light Twelve and it was a real rarity \u2013only\nabout 650 were made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Duesenberg Model J, the most prestigious car of the Errett Lobban Cord empire. It has a Lycoming \u2013built twin overhead camshaft four valves per cylinder straight-eight engine of 265 horse power and this example wears a Derham Tourster body. Only 481 of these masterpieces were made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSensation of\nthe Chicago and New York Shows in November 1935, the Cord 810 was a radically\nnew design, the work of Gordon Buehrig, E.L. Cord\u2019s chief body designer. It\nused front wheel drive and an electrically operated gearbox. Powered by a 4730\nc.c. V8 Lycoming engine, it was the first American production saloon to achieve\na genuine 100 mph. This is the Beverly model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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