Description
A very rare and unique car, this 1907 chain-driven Aries is fitted with a prototype disc-valve engine. This engine was built around 1910 by Thomas Horsley, a gunsmith in York (UK). This experimental engine, patented for its disc-valve design, had a displacement of 4, 100 cm³. The basis of this experimental engine is an old aircraft engine, originally fitted to a Horsley Motor and raced at Saltburn Sands in 1913.
This engine was originally fitted to a Horsley Motor and raced at Saltburn Sands in 1913. Around 1974, this Horsley engine with disc valves was installed in the 1907 Aries. The Aries is a chain-driven car with an imposing 5-seater touring body. The car is roadworthy, but after a long period of storage it will need some maintenance.
