Crossley badgeThe Crossley 22hp cars

 

Designed by J. S. Critchley, the 22 hp was Crossley's first car and was announced in 1904 and first shown at the London Motor Show in February of that year. It was sometimes referred to as the 20-28. The earliest cars had a Crossley engine mounted in a chassis imported from France but by 1906 it is likely that British made chassis and other components were in use and in Crossley's own literature 1906 is often quoted as the date when their first cars were made. The last of these cars are thought to have been made possibly as late as 1908.

The number made is not known and no examples are known to survive.

Before 1919 chassis numbers were not segregated by model type and are in the range up to 2445.

CHASSIS AND ENGINE

Crossley 22hp chassis Crossley 22hp chassis Crossley 22hp engine


BODY STYLES

Crossley 22hp car

Crossley 22hp car

Crossley 22hp

Early examples of the 22hp

Many cars were supplied in chassis-only form to independent coach builders with Manchester-based Joseph Cockshoot supplying the bodies for many.


SPECIFICATION

4766 cc
For cylinder,  pair-cast. Fixed cylinder head.
4 1/4 inches (110 mm)
5 1/8 inches (130 mm)

24.6
"Crossley" automatic (Smiths from 1907) Gravity fed.
Side valve. T-Head. Twin camshafts
Exhaust pressurised.
coil or magneto
30 bhp at 900 rpm. 2000 rpm max.

45 mph (70 kph)

4 speed
Twin internal expanding shoe. Metal to metal.
Chain


10 feet 0 inches (3048 mm)
10 feet 4 inches (3150 mm)
4 feet 7 inches (1397 mm)

22 cwt (1120kg)

semi-elliptic springs
semi-elliptical springs
Rear-wheel only
875 x 105 or 880 x 120

acetylene and oil