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Fiat Type 3 - 1910-1918 | 
| Some of fiats earliest cars were big luxury models intended, because of italys poverty, chiefly for export. The type-3, like other such fiat models, .was made in the relatively small quantities typical of the era. In 1914, for example, fiats production of only 4,644 cars ranked the company among the leading five european automakers. | Specifications performance
Top speed of 60 mph
engine typedrivetrain: Side-valve, in¬line 4
displacement 3,9664,400 cc power rating 32-40 hp transmission 4-speed manual
chassis: Semielliptic front and three-quarters-elliptic rear leaf springs; About 3,415 lbs.
price: $3,625 in great britain in 1914 |
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Swank bodies
a variety of bodies were made on the long 124-in. Type 3 wheelbase. These included a light toipedo (the name for an open car with an unbroken line from front to back) and a very formal coupe-chauffeur landaulet (meaning that the rear portion of the roof could be folded back). There was also a two-seat runabout for the north american market. The short-chassis type 3 ter, good for 60 mph, was a sporty tourer with semielliptic rear leaf springs and usually wire wheels. A few received the competition s53a pushrod engine.
electric lights
the standard engine was a side-valve four-cylinder that expanded from 4.0 to 4.4 litres in 1911- the type 3 was one of the earliest models
with electric circuitry, including a self-starter and lighting. Equipment also included a watercooled transmission brake. Some type 3s were sold to the italian army during world war i.
The finest fiat type 3 model was a coupe-chauffeur landaulet a big closed car with a rear roof that could be folded back in fine weather. |
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