- Leyland Eight
Infobox Automobile
name = Leyland Eight
manufacturer =Leyland Motors
production = 1920–1923
18 made cite book
last=Baldwin |first=N. |authorlink= |coauthors=
title=A-Z of Cars of the 1920s
year=1994
publisher=Bay View Books |location=Devon, UK
isbn=1-870979-53-2]
class =Grand tourer
body_style =
wheelbase = 126 or 150 inches (3200 or 3810 mm) cite book
last=Culshaw |first= |authorlink= |coauthors=Horrobin
title=Complete Catalogue of British Cars
year=1974
publisher=Macmillan |location=London
isbn=0-333-16689-2]
engine = 7–LitreOHC Straight-8
transmission = 4–Speed
designer =J.G. Parry-Thomas The Leyland Eight was a luxurycar produced byLeyland Motors from 1920 to 1923. The car was designed by the chief engineer of "Leyland Motors",J.G. Parry-Thomas and his assistantReid Railton , and was intended to be the finest car available.cite book
last=Georgano |first=N. |authorlink= |coauthors=
title=Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile |year=2000
publisher=HMSO |location=London
isbn=1-57958-293-1]Two engine options were made, a 6,920 cc capacity unit producing 115 bhp or 7,266 cc with twin carburettors producing 145 bhp. Both had a single
overhead camshaft andhemispherical combustion chamber s. The chassis had elliptical leaf springs at front and rear. The brakes, with vacuum servo, were on the rear wheels only.Factory made bodies were available in open tourer style with either two of five seats and chassis were also supplied to coachbuilders. The car was very expensive, the chassis for delivery to a coachbuilder costing £2,500 in 1920 reducing to £1,875 in 1922 and only about 18 were made . It was the most expensive British car made at the time .
Michael Collins, the Irish politician and revolutionary leader, was travelling in a Leyland Eight when he was fatally shot in 1922.
Leyland engineer
J. G. Parry-Thomas built the Leyland-Thomas, a racing special based on the Leyland Eight. [http://freespace.virgin.net/john.davies170/cars.html Welsh Motor Sport - Cars] ] ]ee also
*Arab Motors - a car company formed by Railton.
References
* cite book
title=The Leyland Eight
author=Hugh Tours
date=1966
series=No. 25, Profile cars
publisher=Profile Publications
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