Winton Tourer 17 B
Car : Winton Tourer 17 B
Year : 1911
Engine : 6 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke :114.3×127 mm
Cylinder capacity : 7819 cc
Gears : 4 forward
Brake horse power : 48
Maximum speed : 65
Wheelbase : 10 ft 10 ins (3.30 m)
Suspension : front and back : semi-elliptic leaf- springs
Winton, founded in Cleveland in 1980 as a bicycle firm, had already changed to the production of motor cars by 1987. Its founder, Alexander Winton, was a Scottish naval engineer. His first car had a single-cylinder engine and wooden chassis.
Winton understood the importance of races, and for the 1900 Gordon Bennett he built a car of almost 4000 cc, with single-cylinder engine (165.1×177.8), battery and coil ignition, 2-speed gears, and chain transmission. Winton himself drove in the race, but did not finish.

The single-cylinder was followed by a twin-cylinder engine. 4-cylinder engines made their appearance in standard cars in 1904, and 6-cylinders in 1908. The engine in the Tourer 17 B was in three blocks of 2 cylinders, and had side valves, dual ignition (with high-tension magneto and coil), forced water cooling, and honeycomb radiator. It developed 48 bhp, and the brakes acted only on the back wheels.
It had a folding canvas top, and two occasional back seats. It also came with a compressed air system which, apart from helping to start the engine, served to inflate the tires. The company continued to produce the same models. It realized too late that times had changed, and in 1924 began producing diesel marine engines.