{"id":483,"date":"2013-02-10T19:45:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T09:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=483"},"modified":"2020-02-05T07:54:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T21:54:49","slug":"sunbeam-mabley-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=483","title":{"rendered":"Sunbeam-Mabley"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-size: 1.285714286rem; line-height: 1.6;\">1901-1902<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/models\/mabley.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"303\" \/><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Sunbeam-Mabley was the first Sunbeam to enter series production. Designed by Maxwell Maberley Smith, it was remarkable for having its wheels laid out in a diamond formation. This unconventional design was intended to prevent the car from skidding.<\/p>\n<p>It was powered by a single cylinder 2.75 hp De Dion engine. The cylinder head was water cooled, while the block was air cooled. It was belt driven and had a two speed gearbox. The two middle wheels were the driven wheels and the two end wheels were for steering. The driver sat in the back, steering by means of a tiller.<\/p>\n<p>The Mabley sold for 130 pounds when it first went on sale and approximately 130 were built.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>photo: National Motor Museum, UK<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1901-1902 &nbsp; &nbsp; The Sunbeam-Mabley was the first Sunbeam to enter series production. Designed by Maxwell Maberley Smith, it was remarkable for having its wheels laid out in a diamond formation. This unconventional design was intended to prevent the car from skidding. It was powered by a single cylinder 2.75 hp De Dion engine. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=483\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sunbeam-Mabley<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":456,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-483","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6ptz4-7N","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/483\/revisions\/2456"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}