Hi,

I mentioned in a thread about heaters in S2000's that I had a Brough Superior car. Someone kindly asked if I would post pictures here, so I have attached some of my 1935 Brough Superior 8 cylinder Drophead Coupe.

I have also added some of the launch of the New Brough Superior SS100 Bike on 5/12/2013 which I was invited to, and one of the Michelin Garage I came across on the way.

 

Wow.

Yup, i seen that they've been relaunched brough too.

Is it Brough, brough? lol

 

Wow, I'm not a bike fan, but that is stunning.

 

Not knowing your personal history but any connection along the line?

 

I think they have captured the spirit of the original, they are expected to be around £42,000 which is an incredible price until compared to the astronomical £100,000 to £250,000 for an original.

Picture of an original bike

 

Brilliant !
A new Brough that looks like the old one, sort of, and yet has a load of modern bits too !

Like the car Nick, too... is it the 4 litre 8 pot?

 

Excellent, any pics of the (car) Engine Nick,

 

Yes the 8 cylinder only did that model for a year then had to go to the 6 cylinder engine. Legend has it Railton, who used the same Hudson engine and chassis complained about them supplying a competitor, and being a bigger concern got their way.

It is believed they made around 25 8's of which around 14 survived maybe 9 or 10 on the road at the moment, then around 50 six's 4 saloons and 1 V12 so around 80 cars in total it is believed, all the records were lost in the war.

When asked how many cars he built George Brough used to claim 1000, that's George for you

Regards

Nick

 

Hi Ray,

Our son got married back in March and both families and friends hired a house near the wedding venue up near Buxton as a base for a couple of nights, managed to get a picture of the engine on the morning of the wedding.






The house we were staying in



engine in warmer times





Engine is a side valve, splash lubrication very simple straight eight just over 4 litres with incredible torque. three speed reverse gate box in top you can trickle along at 10mph and it will pull all the way up to 90 if you are brave with no problems.

It is recorded in the Rolls Royce archives that they got hold of an engine and took it apart as they could not believe how smooth it was. Having driven quite a few miles in a 1932 20/25 Rolls I understand why they did it. The engineering on the Rolls engine is far superior to the Hudson's, but in my opinion the Hudson engine is smoother.

Regards

Nick

 

I know about the bikes but didn't know that they also made cars, that is a stunning looking machine.