Ascot (1904 automobile)
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The 1904 Ascot was an English
automobile
manufactured for one year only; its 3½hp
engine was equipped with a "patented method for mechanically-controlling valves, doing away with useless pinion
s and calves.
It had no connection with the 1928 Ascot
car maker.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
automobile
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
manufactured for one year only; its 3½hp
Horsepower
Horsepower is the name of several units of measurement of power. The most common definitions equal between 735.5 and 750 watts.Horsepower was originally defined to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses in continuous operation. The unit was widely adopted to measure the...
engine was equipped with a "patented method for mechanically-controlling valves, doing away with useless pinion
Pinion
A pinion is a round gear used in several applications:*usually the smallest gear in a gear drive train, although in the case of John Blenkinsop's Salamanca, the pinion was rather large...
s and calves.
It had no connection with the 1928 Ascot
Ascot (1928 automobile)
The Ascot was an English automobile, the brainchild of Cyril Pullin , that was manufactured between 1928 and 1930 in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. The factory had previously been used by Phoenix. The car was based largely on the Hungarian Fejes, with chassis and 10hp engine assembled from welded steel...
car maker.