1946 Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane - Amazing Original Car!

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View our eBay StoreSign up for our Email Newsletter 1946 Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane offered with a reserve Only 2606 Hurricanes were produced over the 8 year model run. This fine original example still sports its original top. interior. and paint. The car runs and drives quite well having recently had several minor mechanical issues attended to. At some point. a previous owner converted the windows to power operation. which work. The car has been shown sparingly on the stateside Concours circuit appearing at the 2014 Masterpiece Show in Milwaukee. With a known history going back many years this car is the perfect choice for the collector looking for a stylish British Drop Head that one doesn't often see owing to its rarity. We have many more photographs of this car. please click on any image to be taken to our full-size image list! Armstrong Siddeley was a British engineering group that operated during the first half of the 20th century. It was formed in 1919 and is best known for the production of luxury motor cars and aircraft engines. The company was created following the purchase by Armstrong Whitworth of Siddeley-Deasy. a manufacturer of fine motor cars. that were marketed to the top echelon of society. After the merge of companies this focus on quality continued throughout in the production of cars. aircraft engines. gearboxes for tanks and buses. rocket and torpedo motors. and the development of railcars. Company mergers and takeovers with Hawker Aviation and Bristol Aero Engines saw the continuation of the car production but the production of cars ceased in August 1960. The company was absorbed into the Rolls-Royce conglomerate who were interested in the aircraft and aircraft engine business and eventually the remaining spares and all Motor Car interests were sold to the Armstrong Siddeley Owners Club Ltd who now own the patents. designs. copyrights and trademarks. including the name Armstrong Siddeley. The first car produced from the union was a fairly massive machine. a 5-litre 30 hp. A smaller 18 hp appeared in 1922 and a 2-litre 14 hp was introduced in 1923. 1928 saw the company's first 15 hp six; 1929 saw the introduction of a 12 hp vehicle. This was a pioneering year for the marque. during which it first offered the Wilson preselector gearbox as an optional extra; it became standard issue on all cars from 1933. In 1930 the company marketed four models. of 12. 15. 20. and 30 hp. the last costing £1450. The company's rather staid image was endorsed during the 1930s by the introduction of a range of six-cylinder cars with ohv engines. though a four-cylinder 12 hp was kept in production until 1936. In 1933. the 5-litre six-cylinder Siddeley Special was announced. featuring a Hiduminium aluminum alloy engine; this model cost £950. Car production continued at a reduced rate throughout 1940. and a few were assembled in 1941. The week that World War II ended in Europe. Armstrong Siddeley introduced its first post-war models; these were the Lancaster four-door saloon and the Hurricane drophead coupe. The names of these models echoed the names of aircraft produced by the Hawker Siddeley Group (the name adopted by the company in 1935) during the war. These cars all used a 2-litre six-cylinder engines. increased to 2. 3-litre engines in 1949. From 1953 the company produced the Sapphire. with a 3. 4-litre six-cylinder engine. In 1956. the model range was expanded with the addition of the 234 (a 2. 3-litre four-cylinder) and the 236 (with the older 2. 3-litre six-cylinder engine). The Sapphire 346 sported a bonnet mascot in the shape of a Sphinx with namesake Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire jet engines attached. The 234 and 236 Sapphires might have looked to some of marque's loyal customers like a radical departure from the traditional Armstrong Siddeley appearance. However. in truth. they were simply too conservative in a period of rapidly developing automotive design. If the "baby Sapphire" brought about the beginning of the end for Armstrong Siddeley. it was because Jaguar had launched the unitary-construction 2. 4 saloon in 1955. which was quicker. significantly cheaper. and much better-looking than the lumpy and frumpy 234/236 design. The last model produced by Armstrong Siddeley was 1958's Star Sapphire. with a 4-litre engine. and automatic transmission. The Armstrong Siddeley was a casualty of the 1960 merger with Bristol; the last car left the Coventry factory in 1960. 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