{"id":493,"date":"2013-02-10T19:51:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T09:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=493"},"modified":"2020-02-05T07:54:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T21:54:49","slug":"sunbeam-1216-1214","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=493","title":{"rendered":"Sunbeam 12\/16 &#038; 12\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-size: 1.285714286rem; line-height: 1.6;\">1902-1905<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/models\/12.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"293\" \/><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 12\/16 was based on a French Berliet design. Initially the cars were of high French content and over time more and more components were made by Sunbeam.<\/p>\n<p>It used a four cylinder engine of 2412cc and three speed gearbox. The exhaust valves were camshaft operated, but the inlet valves relied on vacuum in the combustion chamber. It had a wooden chassis with an underframe for the engine.<\/p>\n<p>In time the 12hp was fitted with the oil-bath chain case for which Sunbeam bicycles were famous. The oil bath enclosed the chain drive, providing lubrication and quieter running.<\/p>\n<p>In May 1903, two of these cars competed in the Glasgow to London non-stop trials. Both cars made the run non-stop with four passengers on board and earned full points.<\/p>\n<p>A new T-head engine of 2660cc with variable inlet valve lift appeared for 1905. The variable lift system operated via a sliding camshaft. (A T-head has inlet valves on one side of the head and exhaust valves on the other side, operated by separate camshafts.) The car thus became the 12\/14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1902-1905 &nbsp; &nbsp; The 12\/16 was based on a French Berliet design. Initially the cars were of high French content and over time more and more components were made by Sunbeam. It used a four cylinder engine of 2412cc and three speed gearbox. The exhaust valves were camshaft operated, but the inlet valves relied on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=493\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sunbeam 12\/16 &#038; 12\/14<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":456,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-493","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6ptz4-7X","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493","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=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":494,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493\/revisions\/494"}],"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=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}