The Crossley 40 hp was introduced in 1906. The number made is not
known. Before 1919 chassis numbers were not segregated by model type and
are in the range up to 2445. The last cars are thought to have been made
in 1910.
Only one, on display in the Manchester Science museum is known to
survive.
BODY STYLES
The 1909 40hp car now in the Manchester Museum of Science &
Industry being recovered from Brome Hall, Eye, Suffolk in 1953.
The coachbuilder is not known.
Charles Jarrott in a 1907 Single Limousine with coachwork by Salmons
& Sons.
The car was made for the Duke of Sutherland.
A Single-Landaulette from the 1908 Crossley catalogue.
Many, probably most, cars were supplied in chassis only form to
independent coach builders. In 1906 the chassis was listed at £500.
SPECIFICATION
6991cc
4 pair cast. Fixed cylinder head.
4 3⁄4 inches (120.65 mm)
5 15⁄16 inches (150.8 mm)
36
Crossley automatic (Smiths from 1907)
side -inlet on the right, exhaust on the left
exhaust pressurised total loss system
either high or low tension magneto (options)
44 bhp at 1000 rpm
4 speed
Metal to metal.
Chain
Chain (Shaft from 1907)
10 feet 1⁄2 inches (3137 mm)
14 feet 0 inches (4267 mm)
4 feet 8 inches (1422 mm)
5 feet 9 inches (1753 mm)
21 cwt (chassis) (1.06 tonne}
Worm and segment
semi-elliptic springs
semi-elliptic springs
Rear wheel only, metal to metal. Transmission brake
with twin drums, one behind and one in front of the gearbox.
The Crossley 40hp
cars
