Gallery: ABC Engines - ABC Road Motors

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ABC engines from 1911 to the 1940s

A special thank you to David Hales and the Brooklands Museum for pictures from their archives

Aero Engines

The first engine made by ABC 80hp V8 originally presented at Olympia in March 1911

1912 ABC 40hp aeroengine which was used by Hawker during the Michelin Cup to set the duration record

1916 ABC Gnat 45hp flat twin aeroengine

1916 ABC Gnat 45hp flat twin aeroengine

1916-18 ABC Wasp 160hp 7 cylinder aeroengine8

1916-18 ABC Wasp 160hp 7 cylinder aeroengine

1916-18 ABC Wasp 160hp 7 cylinder aeroengine

1916-18 ABC Wasp 160hp 7 cylinder aeroengine

1919 ABC Dragonfly 320hp 9 cylinder engine

1919 ABC Dragonfly 320hp 9 cylinder engine

1919 ABC Dragonfly 320hp 9 cylinder engine

1919 ABC Dragonfly 320hp 9 cylinder engine

Cylinder of a 1919 ABC Dragonfly 320hp 9 cylinder engine

1924 Scorpion mk1 Aero Engine

1924 Scorpion mk1 Aero Engine

1920s ABC ScorpionMk2 at the Brooklands Museum

1920s ABC ScorpionMk2 at the Brooklands Museums

1920s ABC ScorpionMk2 at the Brooklands Museum

1920s ABC ScorpionMk2 at the Brooklands Museum

1931 ABC Hornet aeroengine

1931 ABC Hornet aeroengine

1931 ABC Hornet aeroengine

1931 ABC Hornet aeroengine

Motorcycle and Auxiliary Engines

1914 ABC 500cc motorcycle engine also used as an auxiliary engine

1915 250cc Firefly auxiliary engine

1915 250cc Firefly auxiliary engine

1916 250cc Firefly auxiliary engine

1916 250cc Firefly auxiliary engine

1916 250cc Firefly auxiliary engine

1916 250cc Firefly auxiliary engine

1916 250cc Firefly auxiliary engine

1916 250cc Firefly auxiliary engine

1916 250cc Firefly auxiliary engine

1915 ABC 500cc Auxiliary Engine

1916 ABC 500cc Auxiliary Engine

1916 ABC 500cc Auxiliary Engine

1916 ABC 500cc Auxiliary Engine

1916 ABC 500cc Auxiliary Engine

1916 ABC 500cc Auxiliary Engine

1916 ABC 500cc motorcycle engine also used as an auxiliary engine

1916 ABC 500cc motorcycle engine also used as an auxiliary engine

1919 Sopwith-ABC 398cc prototype engine

1919 Sopwith-ABC 398cc prototype engine

1940s ABC FlatFour APU mk1

1940s ABC FlatFour APU mk1

1940s ABC FlatFour APU mk1

1940s ABC FlatFour APU mk1

1940s ABC FlatFour APU mk1

1940s ABC FlatFour APU mk1

1940s ABC FlatFour APU mk1

1947c ABC FlatFour APU mk2

1940s ABC OHV aircooled APU mk2

1940s ABC OHV aircooled APU mk2

1940s ABC OHV aircooled APU mk2

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