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1935 Armstrong Siddeley Town & Country

1935 Armstrong Siddeley Town & Country in The Belles of St.Trinian's, Movie, 1954 IMDB

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: UK

1935 Armstrong Siddeley Town & Country

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stronghold EN

◊ 2007-10-27 17:10

 the black sedan

DynaMike NL

◊ 2007-10-27 17:14

 Looks like an Armstrong Siddeley.

chris40 UK

◊ 2007-10-27 17:22

 Definitely Armstrong Siddeley; possibly Long Fifteen or Twenty.

John S EN

◊ 2007-10-27 19:00

 Town & Country from 1937-38

nzcarnerd NZ

◊ 2007-10-28 04:55

 I know A-S were conservative but the styling would suggest a few years earlier - maybe 1933-5?

dsl SX

◊ 2013-03-05 03:20
Skilleter wrote (2010-05-14 13:29) The Car following the 2 litre AC is the one that intrests me. I understand from Mr Bells book, the standard work on Armstrong Siddeley, that this is a Siddeley Special, no less. From this angle its hard to determine size, but if so it should have a 12ft wheelbase. The 'Special', the companys largest model, had an advanced OHV all- Hiduminium engine of 4960cc (88.9 x 133.4mm), producing 125 BHP. This particular car would seem to have steel disc wheels, which were most often found in examples made before 1936. A limousine would have cost about £1,450 at that time. A 1935 Sports Saloon on the shorter 11ft chassis made 84mph and 0- 50mph in 14 seconds when road tested- which was Alvis Speed 20 perfortmance- but this limo would of course not have achieved that. Very similar in appearance, though a bit smaller, were the 'Long 17' (2394cc) made 1934- 1938, and the 'Long 20/ 25' (3,670cc) of 1936- 1940. The company made long wheelbase versions of the Siddeley Special and both of these models for 'carriage trade' business. Even a Long 17 would have given generous limousine space and comfort, but only 70mph and 0- 50mph in about 23 seconds. Still, limo owners were not usually over- concerned about performance, and a 17 in this form would have cost about half as much to buy as an equivalent Siddeley Special. Certainly all these models were of conventional mid- 1930's appearance and this one was probably about 18 years old when the film was made, by which time you could not give the survivors away! In the film this 'square rigged' car was supposed to represent faded glory, though it had a very neat flush fitting luggage carrier at the rear and other nice design details. If indeed it is a Sidedely Special then nowadays it would be a very valuable classic: only 253 examples were made, between 1932 and 1936. Survivors are as rare as the AC in front of it, and I'm not sure there are any at all still carrying limousine coachwork.
(moved from AC page)

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