Du Pont Touring
Du Pont Touring
Car : Du Pont Touring
Year : 1921
Engine : 4 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke :100.01?130.17 mm
Cylinder capacity : 4090 cc
Brake horse power : 60
Maximum speed : 70 mph
Wheelbase : 10 ft 4 ins (3.14 m)
Suspension : front and back :semi-elliptic leaf- springs
The American public came to know of Du Pont after the New York car exhibition of 1919. The firm was founded by Paul Du Pont , whose family owned an important chemicals factory and had for many years also been involved with marine engines. Paul Du Pont wanted to make a car that would rival the most celebrated American cars of the time, including the Duesenbergs, and he planned a series of highly-refined vehicles of which only 537 were ever made.
The 1921 Touring was one of the first, and could seat five people. The 60 bhp engine was pump cooled; it had high tension magneto ignition, and a multi-disc dry clutch.
In 1925 Du Pont went on to make a 6-cylinder car, and at the 1928 New York exhibition launched the Model G, with 8-cylinder in-line Continental engine of 5,275 cc(125 bhp in the standard version , 140 bhp in the Le Mans). Du Pont ceased production in 1932. Paul Du Pont’s passion for cars had been cooled by the prohibitive expense of his company’s limited production, even thought the cars that they produced were first-rate. Even following the publicity gained by its participation in the 1929 Le Mans 24 hours, the Model G, perhaps the most highly admired of the Du Pont range, still had no commercial success.
