Iota Racing Cars
Iota Racing Cars was a British automaker in Clifton, Bristol this was a off-shoot of the Bristol Aircraft Motor Club from the late 1940s to the early 1950s .
History
The company became known by the construction of racing cars The type P1 for the 500 cc single-seater class The normal engine type fitted was the J.A.P. Iota made 22 of these chassis in total. Type P1 Price : Complete €525 (basic), less engine €440 (basic).Chassis Type of frame : Tubular, welded. Material, including size and thickness of main frame members: 24in. x 16g. steel side-members, other members Win. x 14g. and 2in. x 16g. Disposition of frame members : Straight parallel tubes with cross members on " ladder " principle.
In 1951, a road legal sports car offered the Iota 350 a low body roadster with a top speed of 75 mph.This is believed to be the world's first aluminum sports car of monocoque construction. The car had a mid-mounted air-cooled,two cylinder boxer engine from Douglas , the 17 bhp (12.5 kW) at 6000 min 30 hp max with a scooped out of 350 cc displacement.
The car was 3798 mm long and 1320 mm wide.The wheelbase was 2197 mm and the track 1092 mm. The whole vehicle weighed only 330 kg.all-independent suspension with sliding pillar front, swing axle at the rear radius arms and a transverse leaf spring ,
Only two were built in 1951 so remains a rare car with only one remaining.
