Aniruddha's Blog

  In the 1950’s there was a car manufacturer named Nash, which is now never heard of and is a very rare car. The story of Nash cars began with Thomas Jeffery, who left Great Britain at the age of 17, settling in Chicago. He built telescopes and patent models, then created a new bicycle with a cheap, strong frame (made by brazing flared tubing). The bike, named “Rambler,” was quickly became the second bestselling bicycle in the country. Jeffery then invented the “clincher” tire (in 1882), selling the rights to Dunlop, which called it the “pneumatic tire.” It became the basis for all modern day tires, to this day. The company has seen many great technologies being added for each car. Thomas Jeffery was one of the few automobile manufacturers to use a production line for its cars. Thomas Jeffery died in 1910, and his son took over. The company came out with the Quad, an early four wheel drive vehicle developed for the army. In 1916, though, Thomas Jeffery sold the company t...

The company or the group that is involved in the birth of such an exciting car was Rootes Group or Rootes automobiles which was later on acquired by Chrysler Europe. Started by William and Reginald Rootes, the two brothers were known for manufacturing engines as well as purchasing some British motor manufactures including sunbeam, Talbot. By the ending of 1978 Chrysler UK had sold various elements to Renault Sunbeam Tiger is a V8 performance version of their own car the Sunbeam Alpine. It was designed it part by Carroll Shelby, the Rootes decided to contract the assembly with Jensen at West Bromwich, an expensive car for Rootes as it involved paying royalty to Shelby each time a car was manufactured. This car was first showcased at the New York auto show in the spring of 1964. Interestingly the car had to receive several modifications in order to house 260 cubic inch 164 horsepower v8. This small block ford V8 was derived from the ford falcon. There is a saying “that you cann...