Albion A6
Car : Albion A6
Year : 1906
Engine : 4 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke :108?114 mm
Cylinder capacity : 4180 cc
Gears : 4 forward
Brake horse power : 24
Maximum speed : 40 mph
Wheelbase : 10 ft 2 ins (3.09 m)
Suspension : front: semi- elliptic leaf- springs; back: elliptic leaf- springs
Albion A6
The A6 was a very solid de luxe car in keeping with the style of this Glasgow firm run by Blackwood Murray and Norman Fulton. As its name indicates, it was the sixth production model, and was technically very conventional. This betrays the firm’s desire to sell abroad, with a model that would give as little trouble as possible. The A1 and A2 had twin-cylinder centrally positioned engines with low-tension magneto ignition and bodywork clearly derived from coaches. The A3 differed from the previous models in having the engine in the back. The A6 had chain transmission and low-tension magneto ignition. The engine could turn at a maximum of 1,200 revs. With the A3 and the A6 Albion and struck success. In 1906, the year the A6 came out, the company (with almost 300 employees) produced over 200 chassis. In 1911 came the A14, with shaft transmission. Albion continued car production until 1914, when it turned exclusively to trucks. It made these up to 1972, as part of the British Leyland group. In some ways it it comparable to the Italian company O.M. , which went from cars to trucks, continuing making these today as part of the great Fiat empire.
