Hi D & D, I guess when you talk of the British Anzani engine, you mean a 3-cylinder radial engine configuration,
NOT this:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?...718534&selectedIndex=71&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0
Or these:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?...284B55&selectedIndex=53&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0https://www.bing.com/images/search?...2B2CB7&selectedIndex=50&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0
but this?
https://www.bing.com/images/search?...t=british+anzani+engine&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0
There are many configurations made by this eminent engine maker of a long history.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?...+engine&tsc=ImageHoverTitle&form=IGRE&first=1https://cybermotorcycle.com/marques... of their engines to Coventry Ordnance Works.British Anzani Engine Co
Anzani of Middlesex
Anzani was an engine manufacturer founded by the Italian Alessandro Anzani (1877-1956). The company produced proprietary engines for aircraft, cars, boats, and motorcycles in factories in Britain, France and Italy.
In the UK, British Anzani outsourced the manufacture of their engines to Coventry Ordnance Works. In the 1920s it was refinanced as British Vulpine Engine Co and then again as British Anzani Engine Co concentrating on small engines and car and motorcycle powerplants.
They supplied AC Cars with the 1,496cc side-valve four cylinder (that would become their famous 2-litre motor), Frazer-Nash with an 1,496cc ohv engine, Morgan with a V-twin, and Squire with the R1 twin cam engine. Their most well known products came to be in motorcycles, lawnmowers and outboard engines.
The following manufacturers employed British Anzani engines (and derivatives):
AJW
Cotton
Croft Cameron
Greeves
McEvoy
Montgomery
Morgan
Norman
NLG
OEC Motorcycles
Tandon
Tornado
Trump
In later years the company diversified and as the British Anzani Group it finally went into liquidation in 1980.
Timeline
1927 Private company.
1937 Formed as a private company
1937 Aero engine manufacturers.
In 1939, British Anzani built a prototype that was the forerunner of the popular post-war clip-on model. Simple in construction, it was a 61cc two-stroke that was positioned beside the left upper chain-stay with the cylinder inclined along the frame tube. Ignition was by magneto and a petroil tank sat beside the drive roller. The firm was unable to develop the idea due to other commitments.
1951 Became a public company
1961 Employs 150 persons. One of the largest manufacturers of outboard marine engines. Also make 'Easimow' motor mowers, power units for motorcycles and light cars and 'Astra' light utility vehicles.
Thanks for your post, it prompted me to read up about them. I enjoyed all that!
K2