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Armstrong-Siddeley Sapphire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 236 from 1955 to 1957, with a 6 cyl. Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 234 from 1955 to 1958, with a 4 cyl. Although Armstrong Siddeley already had a turbine development of their own, the ASX, they were primarily focused on turboprops and the Metrovick team was a welcome addition. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Armstrong_Siddeley_Sapphire   (804 words)

Armstrong Siddeley : Sapphire 346 and Star Sapphire Engine Armstrong Siddeley, bless them, send the cold water first through a distribution pipe at the top of the block, which squirts cold water on the exhaust valve seats through holes in the head gasket; the water then circulates through the head, down into the block and then back to the radiator, exactly as it should. In any event, it is said that at Armstrong Siddeley he was pushing for double overhead cams, which he had used for the Lagonda 2.6 L engine. Fred Allard was responsible for the design of the Siddeley Special engine. www.siddeley.com /info_sapphire_eng.html   (4669 words)

The Armstrong Siddeley Owners Club web site The Armstrong Siddeley was faster than the Jaguar Mk.VIIs in unofficial practice, when Sir Thomas Sopwith, then Managing Director of the Hawker Siddeley Group, was told that Jaguars were hurriedly building aluminium bodied cars for the race, the sole Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire was withdrawn, never to race again. In this, the Centenary Year of Armstrong Siddeley, one of our members has been invited to enter his 1954 Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire in the feature race of the Goodwood Revival Meeting to be held on the first weekend in September. He remembers that a works Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire was entered for the 1954 Daily Express Saloon Race at Silverstone and was listed No.1 in the programme to be driven by the famous pre-war Austin driver Charles Goodacre. www.siddeley.com /info_racing_TZ276.html   (453 words)

Irish Times Article - MarqueTime ... ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY The original Sapphire was the basis for the last car to be produced by Armstrong Siddeley - the Star Sapphire of 1958 had a 4-litre engine and its quality and performance were to the highest standards of cars of the era. The Siddeley Special that replaced the 30 had the same engine but was available in a range of styles, including a roadster with a short wheel-base which could do 90mph and a long wheel-base limousine that weighed two and a half tons. Siddeley joined Wolseley that year, and for the next four years his cars were Wolseley-Siddeleys. www.ireland.com /newspaper/motoring/2004/1020/772527900MOT20MARQUE.html   (614 words)

Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire - restored 1954 saloon car This grey Sapphire is a saloon car of the type often seen at motor racing meets and events in years gone by, this particular Armstrong Siddeley saloon car dating back to the 1954 era. If you are a collector of Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire information, or are looking for parts for a 1954 Armstrong Siddeley, see the list of related memorabilia on sale today at the ebay auction site - click here to have a look at the Sapphire items for sale right now. Please note that this Sapphire photo, and all other images on Classic Wheels, are Copyright and not to be reproduced anywhere else in any form, and no Armstrong Siddeley images are to be linked to direct from other websites. www.classic-wheels.co.uk /goodwood_armstrong_siddeley_sapphire_56.htm   (467 words)

Rolls-Royce: History In 1927, Siddeley bought his company out of Armstrong Whitworth of Newcastle and both Armstrong Siddeley, as it was now known, and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth Company were now in his control. Armstrong Siddeley was a world famous company renowned for the quality and reliability of its products. It was from here that Armstrong Siddeley and its sister company, Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth Company, became a major player in the design and manufacture of cars, aero engines and aircraft. www.rolls-royce.com /history/heritage/offices/coventry_evo1.jsp   (451 words)

Rolls-Royce: History In 1928, Armstrong Siddeley acquired the aircraft manufacturer A V Roe Co Ltd and was instrumental in the development and expansion of Self Changing Gears Ltd and High Duty Alloys. Armstrong Siddeley started the Second World War with the manufacture of high powered air-cooled engines but, at the request of the Government, they embarked upon the development and production of axial flow gas turbines for aircraft. In 1995, the Parkside Coventry facility was closed and operations were moved to the nearby Ansty facility which had been opened in the 1930s to establish the first University of the Air under the management of an Armstrong Siddeley subsidiary, Air Service Training. www.rolls-royce.com /history/heritage/offices/coventry_evo2.jsp   (386 words)

Armstrong-Siddeley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The last model produced by Armstrong-Siddeley was 1958's Star Sapphire, with a 4-litre engine, automatic transmission and the badge mascot in the shape of a Sphinx with rocket engines. The names of these models echoed the names of aircraft produced by the Hawker Siddeley Group (the name adopted by the company in 1935) during the war. From 1953 the company produced the Sapphire, with a 3.4 litre six-cylinder engine. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Armstrong_Siddeley   (557 words)

Armstrong Siddeley Data It was developed by Armstrong Siddeley, Bristol Siddeley and latterly Rolls Royce. The Sapphire engine was conceived and designed by Metrovick (Metropolitan Vickers) but in 1947, under pressure from the government, they withdrew from the aero engine business. The Sapphire was produced under licence and developed further by the Wright Aeronautical Company in the USA. www.aoxj32.dsl.pipex.com /NewFiles/ASData.html   (182 words)

Sapphire (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire, a jet engine also known as the Wright J65 Sapphire, a character in Sapphire and Steel, an ITV science fiction series which ran between 1979 and 1982 Sapphire (Pokémon), a main character in Pokémon Adventures. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sapphire_(disambiguation)   (187 words)

Armstrong Siddeley Armstrong Siddeley got its start in aircraft engines when the Siddeley-Deasley Motor Car Company was given the task of producing the BHP and RAF.8 engines in 1917. In order to bid on the contract, Armstrong Siddeley Motors merged with Bristol Aero-Engines in 1959 to form Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd. In 1919, Armstrong Whitworth purchased the company to form Armstrong Siddeley Motors (ASM). www.shanaberger.com /engines/armstrong-siddeley.htm   (133 words)

Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire Car Whilst outwardly Armstrong Siddeley appeared to be interested in licensing the design, the actual motive seems to have been whether it was now worth pursuing a suggestion first made by Tresilian in mid-1939 when he became the ASM chief engineer that W. Bentley act as a consultant. The all-Siddeley Armstrong Siddeley was proposed in internal a brochure of 4th November 1949. F. Heppner was a German refugee retained by Armstrong Siddeley during the war to work on highly complex gas-turbine schemes [6’ turbo-fans with contra-rotating combined compressor/turbine wheels, suggested thrust - a mere 11,500lbs - and all that in 1943!] that would have been exceedingly profitable had they worked. www.designchambers.com /wolfhound/wolfhoundASMCar3.htm   (4592 words)

British Motor Manufacturers 1894-1960, Armstrong-Siddeley From 1953 the elegant Sapphire, a 3.5 litre six-cylinder saloon, was available with a selection of transmissions. Smaller versions of the Sapphire were produced in 1955, but were up against Jaguar in this market sector. Production ceased in 1960 when their parent company Hawker Siddeley merged with Bristol. www.britishmm.co.uk /history.asp?id=60   (217 words)

AviationShoppe.com Your source for WWII Aircraft and Warbird Blueprints Armstrong Siddeley rocket engine - From just after the War the British developed the use of hydrogen... www.aviationshoppe.com /catalog/aircraft.php   (150 words)

Republic YF-84F Thunderstreak For this purpose, the British-designed Armstrong-Siddeley Sapphire axial-flow turbojet of 7200 lb.st. was selected, and arrangements were made to have the Sapphire engine produced under license in the USA by Curtiss-Wright as the J65. The Sapphire engine was considerably larger than the J35, which required that the fuselage of the XF-84F be extensively redesigned in order to accommodate it. The first prototype XF-84F (49-2430) was reengined with an imported Sapphire, and flew for the first time with this engine on February 14, 1951. home.att.net /~jbaugher1/p84_9.html   (248 words)

siddeley - Around2.co.uk Armstrong Siddeley was a world famous company renowned for the quality and reliability of its products... Armstrong Siddeley cars were produced at Parkside, Coventry, in the United... Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd was officially formed on 1st November 1919. www.around2.co.uk /directory/s/siddeley/readme.htm   (1404 words)

FFA P-16.04 The first prototype P-16.04 made its maiden flight on 28 April 1955 powered by a 7,900 lb (3583 kg) Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire A.S.Sa.6 turbojet, but was completely destroyed in September 1955. The first of three pre-series aircraft P-16 Mk.II flew for the first time 15 April 1957, this time the power plant was an 11,000 lb (4,990 kg) Sapphire S.A.Sa.7 turbojet. However, the data and experience gathered from this project was not all lost as much of it was used by William (Bill) P. Lear in the Learjet twin-engine business aircraft. 1000aircraftphotos.com /HistoryBriefs/FFA-P16.htm   (251 words)

Kiwi Aircraft Images: Hawker Hunter The aircraft was subsequently returned to Hawker Siddeley in March 1964 for conversion to FGA.9 ground attack standard, which involved a full tropical kit, gun blast deflectors, stronger inboard pylons, jettisonable guns on the outboard pylons, arrestor parachute and fitting of an Avon 207 engine. In the 1960's Hawker Siddeley acquired a number of airframes for remanufacture - developing a number of models with a range of features from earlier designations. In addition, a number of aircraft were reacquired by Hawker Siddeley and 'remanufactured' for export. www.kiwiaircraftimages.com /hunter.html   (1126 words)

The Gloster Meteor Meteors were fitted axial-flow engines, including the MetroVic F.2/4 Beryl, the ancestor of the Armstrong-Siddeley Sapphire, and with Rolls-Royce RA.2 and RA.3 Avon engines. A heavily modified F.8 experimentally fitted with Armstrong-Siddeley Sapphire 2 engines set a world climb-rate record in August 1951. The MetroVic designs eventually led to the "F.9 Sapphire", which was passed to Armstrong-Whitworth in 1948 and was one of the more prominent jet engines of the 1950s. www.vectorsite.net /avmeteor.html   (7152 words)

The Gallery - The Staff's Cars The second car pictured was another Armstrong Siddeley, a Sapphire 346, again in grey but slightly darker and registered, I think, PKV 722. At the back is 'Doc' Staveley's Armstrong Siddeley (Sapphire?), next to a Morris Traveller. His Armstrong Siddeleys (see above) were followed by a Rover P5B 3.5 litre coupe (G registration), in Arden Green with a white roof. www.wcremembered.co.uk /staff_cars.html   (1289 words)

Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire Turbojet Aircraft Blueprints Aviation History Airplane Plans The Sapphire engine is a turbojet with an axial-flow compressor and an annular combustion chamber of the Armstrong Siddeley vaporising type. America copied this version and called it the: Wright J65 The Sapphire engine is a turbojet with an axial-flow compressor and an annular combustion chamber of... It was the first British turbojet to be type-tested at over 4450kg (10000lb) static thrust. www.aviationshoppe.com /catalog/armstrong-siddeley-sapphire-turbojet-p-40.html   (194 words)

David Harrison - Heritage articles Before Armstrong Siddeley closed for business in 1961 father bought this car and spent his usual on it, fitting a Limousine Boot, Sunshine Roof and other detail modifications and this photograph was taken on Skye in 1962. He sold the car to a customer on Skye and then bought it back in 1967 and used it for a bit over a couple of years before selling it to the secretary of the Armstrong Owners Club. I have lightly tried to find this car recently but no success to date. www.harrisoncars.co.uk /heritage-article-detail.asp?id=49   (89 words)

icTeesside - Armstrong Siddeley Although there is a great preservation movement throughout the world, representation of the last of the Armstrongs, the iconic Sapphire has been a gap waiting to be filled at the National Heritage Motor Centre in Warwickshire. The Sapphire can be traced back to John Davenport Siddeley who was born in 1866. In 1960 the last Armstrong Siddeley came off the line and the company concentrated on its aircraft business instead. icteesside.icnetwork.co.uk /1600icmotors/classiccars/tm_objectid=15331521&method=full&siteid=50081&headline=armstrong-siddeley-name_page.html   (489 words)

Wolfhound.org.uk Some years later, Armstrong Siddeley were to take over the advanced Metropolitan Vickers F9 Sapphire axial turbo-jet project, and under W. Saxton, W. "Pat" Lindsey and their able axial team, develop it somewhat further and turn it into a very successful production job and valuable licence income from Curtiss-Wright as the J.65. Armstrong Siddeley were one of the four major UK aero-engine manufacturers. He was still as Bristol Siddeley at the time of his early death in May 1962. www.designchambers.com /wolfhound   (1559 words)

Wright J65 In 1947, the Metrovik F.9 Sapphire was handed to Armstrong Siddeley. Armstrong Siddeley improved the engine's thrust from 7,500 lb to 11,000 without afterburning (augmentation) over its production life. To gain entry into the turbojet market, Wright purchased a license to build the Sapphire (re-designated the J65). www.shanaberger.com /engines/J65.htm   (75 words)

armstrong.htm Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire - made in GBR 1954 Armstrong Siddeley Carriage, 6 cyl, 30 hp - made in GBR 1920 Armstrong Siddeley Sedan - made in GBR 1935 www.corvetteworld.de /best/armstrong.htm   (37 words)

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Armstrong Siddeley Star Sapphire Car Spares and Information on Armstrong Siddeleys, Star Sapphires etc You can buy general Armstrong Siddeley titles, and search for model specific Star Sapphire titles in their online catalogue. To advertise your FREE Armstrong Siddeley autojumble spares, wants, projects, literature or information request on this noticeboard, please complete the form further down the page - No restored Armstrong Siddeleys for sale, unless they're scrap Star Sapphires being sold for parts only please! Simply go to the relevant page for your Armstrong Siddeley - see the menu on the Classics Free Ads homepage if this isn't it - and post your ad for free. www.oldclassiccar.co.uk /freeads/armstrong_siddeley_star_sapphire.htm   (1122 words)

Armstrong-Siddeley World Armstrong Siddeley saloon - part restored 1930s Armstrong Siddeley... Alvis, Armstrong Siddeley, Humber, Bentley, Brough Superior and... Specifications and technical data for Armstrong Siddeley cars and... www.amwmag.com /A/AS_World/hauptteil_as_world.html   (265 words)

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