03-03-2020, 10:38 AM
Some of David Green's comments on Pre War Car are pretty apocryphal. The early 6 cyl Morris engine was certainly not a sucess, but it is interesting that, having built just one or two between 1921 and 1922, and presumably managing a couple of years road testing and use, it then went into limited production. The challenge with crankshafts lacking central support is, as we all know, the ability to suffer from certain harmonics causing destructive vibrations. The 6 cyl Morris could have this problem, but certainly left the factory and some seemed to manage significant mileage. As far as I am aware, there has been no archeological evidence of cars, engines or other bits buried on site.
The Heriod ( see what your own spell check tries to replace this name with) rotary valve was an unmitigated disaster. One can only imagine that Alexandre Darracq regarded the works as his fiefdom and refused to listen to any comments about his determination to discard that noisy poppet valve and adopt smooth and silent rotaries. It effectively ended his career.
The Heriod ( see what your own spell check tries to replace this name with) rotary valve was an unmitigated disaster. One can only imagine that Alexandre Darracq regarded the works as his fiefdom and refused to listen to any comments about his determination to discard that noisy poppet valve and adopt smooth and silent rotaries. It effectively ended his career.