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Specifications
44 units built
2494 units built as J type between 1932-34
380 units built as J1 847 cc between 1932-33
2083 units built as J2 847 cc between 1932-34
22 units built as J3 746 cc between 1932-33
9 units built as J4 746 cc between 1932-33
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Morris, straight 4 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
9.1:1
57 × 73 mm
746 cc
AA reverse flow or AB crossflow head
44 bhp @ 6000 rpm (un supercharged)
60 bhp @ 6300 rpm (supercharged)
J4 s/c: 72.3 bhp at 6000 rpm
aspiration, single various Powerplus Superchargers, and Single SU carburetors
ENV four speed gearbox with preselector (non synchromesh)
Dry plate clutch
half elliptic front and rear with sliding trunnions, Hartford friction shock-absorbers
10" drum brakes, Bowden cable operated
wheelbase, 2184 mm (86")
track, 1067 mm (42")
Results in Endurance Races
| Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mille Miglia | Brooklands | Targa Florio | Le Mans | Tourist Trophy | Brooklands | |||||||
| Date | 12/4 | 9/5 | 10/5 | 14/6 | 22/8 | 3/10 | ||||||
| Team | 1600km | 2x12h | 584km | 24h | 750km | 500mil | ||||||
| Earl of March | #60, 1st | #43, dnf | big end | |||||||||
| Earl of March | #61, 4th | #41, 7th | head gasket | |||||||||
| Earl of March | #62, 5th | #42, 1st | dnf | |||||||||
| Cecil Randall | #63, 2nd | |||||||||||
| Cecil Randall | #64, 14th | |||||||||||
| Cecil Randall | #65, dnf | #50, 16th | ||||||||||
| G. Bradstock | #66, 3rd | #51, valve | ||||||||||
| Goldie Gardner | #70, 18th | #31, OTL | #46, 10th | |||||||||
| Goldie Gardner | #44, dnf | |||||||||||
| Goldie Gardner | #45, acci dent | |||||||||||
| Mrs Chetwynd | #73, eng ine | #32, timing gear | eng ine | |||||||||
| Mrs Chetwynd | #74, clutch | |||||||||||
| Mrs Chetwynd | #75, dnf | |||||||||||
| J. H. P. Clover/ Oliver Bertram (Unsupergharged) | #76, dns | rear axle | ||||||||||
| Eddie Hall | #40, 3rd | #16, 5th | ||||||||||
| Eddie Hall | #47, dnf | #15, 3rd | ||||||||||
| Eddie Hall | #17, OTL | |||||||||||
| Frank Stanley Barnes | #49, acci dent | |||||||||||
| J. G. Reece | #52, valve | |||||||||||
| Total points 77 |
40 | 23 | 14 | |||||||||
| Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Starts/finishes 34/14 | 12/7 | 2/0 | 12/5 | 8/2 | ||||||||
| Drivers | Team entries and car number | |||||||||||
| Earl of March | ||||||||||||
| The Earl of March | 60 | + | ||||||||||
| Chris Staniland | 60 | |||||||||||
| Harold Parker | 61 | 41 | + | |||||||||
| K.G. Cox | 61 | |||||||||||
| Norman Black | 62 | 42 | + | |||||||||
| C. W. Fiennes | 62 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Cecil Randall | ||||||||||||
| Ron Gibson | 63 | |||||||||||
| L. Fell | 63 | |||||||||||
| T. V. G. Selby | 64 | |||||||||||
| Gordon Hendy | 64 | |||||||||||
| Roland Hebeler | 65 | |||||||||||
| F. M. Montgomery | 65 | 50 | ||||||||||
| G. Bradstock | ||||||||||||
| Hugh Hamilton | 66 | 51 | ||||||||||
| S. V. Holbrook | 66 | |||||||||||
| Goldie Gardner | ||||||||||||
| Robin Jackson | 70 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Francis Samuelson | 70 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Freddy Kindell | 31 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Goldie Gardner | 44 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Horton | 45 | |||||||||||
| Mrs Chetwynd | ||||||||||||
| Mrs Chetwynd | 73 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Mrs. H. H. Stisted | 74 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Dan Higgin | 75 | 52 | + | |||||||||
| Jack Field | 75 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Hall | ||||||||||||
| Eddie Hall | 15 | |||||||||||
| S. A. Crabtree | 40 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Stan Hailwood | 47 | 16 | ||||||||||
| P. Walters | 17 | |||||||||||
Source'Montlhéry'
Drawings
SourceJ type