The BSA Light Six was a small car in the twelve tax horsepower class manufactured for BSA Cars by BSA subsidiary The Daimler Company Limited. Announced in September 1934[1] it was a cheaper and less well-finished version of the Lanchester Light Six
BSA Light Six | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | The Daimler Company Limited for BSA Cycles Limited |
Also called | Lanchester Light Six |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | Six-light saloon sports saloon streamlined saloon fixed-head coupé All four bodies are fully coachbuilt[1] |
Layout | FR layout |
Related | BSA Ten, Lanchester Ten |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 6-cylinder Inline ohv 1378 cc[2] |
Transmission | Daimler fluid flywheel and Wilson four-speed preselective self-changing gearbox[2] |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | (8'3") 99 in (2,515 mm) and track (4'0") 48 in (1,219 mm)[2] |
BSA Light Six | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | The Daimler Company Limited |
Also called | Lanchester Light Six |
Layout | |
Configuration | 6-cylinder in-line |
Displacement | 1,378 cubic centimetres (84 cu in)[2] |
Cylinder bore | 57 mm (2.2 in)[1] |
Piston stroke | 90 mm (3.5 in)[1] |
Cylinder block material | Cast-iron with integral head, mounted on a two-piece aluminium crankcase[2] |
Cylinder head material | Integral head with block Aluminium-alloy pistons[2] |
Valvetrain | ohv operated by pushrods from a chain-driven camshaft[2] |
Combustion | |
Fuel system | S.U. carburettor |
Oil system | full pressure lubrication[2] |
Cooling system | water thermostatically controlled with pump and fan to radiator[2] |
Output | |
Power output | 34 bhp (25 kW; 34 PS) @3,600 rpm[2] Tax rating 12.09 hp[1] |
It was described by the motoring correspondent of The Times as not intended to be a replacement for the Ten but as an alternative model perhaps for the more fastidious[1]
Engine
editThe new engine design was on the same general lines as the Lanchester Eighteen (not 15/18) though with a chain-driven dynamo and a much reduced bore and stroke taking down the swept volume from 2,390 cubic centimetres (146 cu in) to 1,378 cubic centimetres (84 cu in)
Chassis
editThe larger twelve horsepower six-cylinder engine was mounted in the chassis of the ten horsepower four-cylinder BSA Ten. Steering was by cam and lever, brakes were mechanical. Tyres specified were 5 inch on 18 inch wheels.
Prices
edit- Six-light saloon and fixed head coupé £315
- Streamlined saloon and sports saloon £325