The Crossley 40 hp was introduced in 1906 and has a chassis very
similar if not identical with that used on the earlier 22hp cars. Early
cars had chain drive with shaft drive offered from 1907; both types were
available for some time.
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, which was 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
Four cylinder 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). Gravity
fed.
side vale T-head with inlet valve on the right, exhaust
on the left with separate camshafts.
exhaust pressurised total loss system
either high or low tension magneto (options)
44 bhp at 1000 rpm
Water cooled with engine driven pump.
4-speed. Gearbox connected to engine by universal
jointed shaft
Internal expanding metal to metal.
Chain drive. 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
