Ardsley (automobile)

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Ardsley Model B (1906)

The Ardsley was a short-lived American automobile designed by W. S. Howard and manufactured from 1905 to 1906 in Yonkers, New York, by the Ardsley Motor Car Company.<ref name="ardsley"/>

History

The company salesrooms were located at 50th Street and Broadway in Yonkers.<ref name="ardsley">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

By 1906, the automobile was advertised in a national automobile trade magazine as "quiet and powerful." It had 35 horsepower, could seat five and was priced at US$3,500.<ref name="ardsley"/> The displacement of the four-cylinder Model B was 6470 cc with a bore of 117.475 mm and a stroke of 149.225 mm. The engine reached 35 horsepower at 900 RPM, at 1500 RPM it was 40 horsepower, hence the designation 35-40 horsepower. The transmission had three gears. The wheelbase was 2540 mm. The vehicle weight was 1021 kg.

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Ardsley Motor Car Company of Yonkers, New York - 1906 model

Production models

• Ardsley Model A (1905)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Ardsley Model B <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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