Rolls Royces (the Rolls Royce company was not always happy with the designs that he chose for his cars). This particular car was designed by Gulbenkian in 1952. It's a Rolls Royce Silver Wraith, but its lights are different from any other Silver Wraith.
The Emir of Kano,
Abdullahi Bayero (Emir from 1926-1953) bought the car shortly afterwards.
Bayero died and the car was inherited by his successor, Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi
I. The car was used to convey Queen Elizabeth II when she toured Northern
Nigeria in 1956 (Kano, Jos, Kaduna, etc).
The car was also
inherited by the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero and it has now been
inherited by the current Emir, Muhammad Sanusi II. We went digging to see what
makes this car a unique car and why is it that the royal family has refused to
let go this car despite been used by 3 diffrent kings now. We did some reviews
and what we found was amazing...
Introduction
Rolls-Royce Silver
Wraith is a car that has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front
positioned engine powering the rear wheels.
It is powered by a
naturally aspirated engine of 4.3 litre capacity. This unit features overhead
inlet, side exhaust valve gear, 6 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder.
Power is transmitted
to the wheels by means of a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Specifications
6 cylinder in-line
engine, bore x stroke 88.9 x 114.3 mm (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in),
capacity 4,257 cc
(from 1951 bore x stroke 92.08 x 114.3 mm (3 5/8 x 4 1/2 in),
capacity 4,566 cc;
from 1954 bore x stroke 95.25 x 114.3 mm (3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in),
capacity 4,887 cc);
cast iron cylinder block, aluminium alloy cylinder head,
Stromberg
carburettor (from 1951 Zenith carburettor, from 1956 twin SU carburettors);
single dry plate
clutch;
4-speed gearbox
(from 1952 4-speed automatic gearbox optional),
hypoid bevel final
drive,
independent front
suspension with coil springs,
semi-elliptic
springs rear;
drum brakes
servo-assisted;
wheelbase 3,225.8 mm
(127 in)(from 1951 wheelbase 3,378.2 mm (133 in);
tyre size 6.50 x 17
(from 1951 tyre size 6.50 x 16, for export cars tyre size 7.50 x 16 optional,
for long wheelbase cars standard).
Powertrain
Engine manufacturer:
ROLLS-ROYCE
Engine type:
spark-ignition 4-stroke
Fuel type: petrol
(gasoline)
Fuel system: 2
carburetors
Charge system:
naturally aspirated
Valves per cylinder:
2
Valves timing:
Additional features:
Emission control:
Emission standard:
Cylinders alignment:
V 8
Displacement: 6750
cm3 / 411.9 cui
Bore: 104.14 mm /
4.1 in
Stroke: 99.06 mm /
3.9 in
Compression ratio: 9
: 1
Horsepower net: 191
kW / 260 PS / 256 hp (net)/ 4500
Torque net: 550 Nm /
406 ft-lb/ 2500
Horsepower gross:
Torque gross:
Redline rpm:
Car power to weight
ratio net: 83.8 watt/kg / 38 watt/lb
Car weight to power
ratio net: 11.9 kg/kW / 8.8 kg/PS / 19.6 lbs/hp
Fuel capacity: 107
liter / 28.3 U.S. gal / 23.5 imp. gal
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