Engineering:Apperson Six Sport Sedan

The Apperson Six Sport Sedan was a car manufactured by the Apperson Company of Kokomo, Indiana.

Apperson Six Sport Sedan specifications (1926 data)

• Color – Imperial blue, maroon, and gray-green
• Seating Capacity – Five
• Wheelbase – 120 inches
• Wheels - Disc
• Tires - 32” x 5.77” balloon
• Service Brakes – Mechanical four wheel brakes
• Engine - Six cylinder, vertical, cast en bloc, 3-3/16 x 4-1/4 inches; head removable; valves in head; H.P. 24.4 N.A.C.C. rating
• Lubrication – Force feed
• Crankshaft - Four bearing
• Radiator – Tubular
• Cooling – Thermo-syphon
• Ignition system – Storage Battery
• Starting System – Two Unit
• Voltage – Six to eight
• Wiring System – Single
• Gasoline System – Vacuum
• Clutch – Disc
• Transmission – Selective sliding
• Gear Changes – 3 forward, 1 reverse, mechanically operated
• Drive – Spiral bevel
• Rear Springs – Three-quarter elliptic
• Rear Axle – Semi-floating
• Steering Gear – Worm and gear

Standard equipment

New car price included the following items:

• tools
• jack
• front bumper
• windshield cleaner
• rearview mirror
• speedometer
• ammeter
• dash fuel gauge
• rim
• foot rest
• armrests
• heater
• snubbers
• ventilators on all doors
• screened cowl ventilator
• sun visor
• Sport Phaetons have permanent top and windshield wings
• All sizes equipped with preselecting mechanical gear shift

Optional equipment

The following was available at an extra cost:

none

Prices

New car prices were F.O.B. factory, plus Tax:

• Five passenger Phaeton - $1650
• Five passenger Sport Phaeton - $1750
• Five passenger Sport Sedan - $2250
• Five passenger Brougham - $2150
• Four passenger Coupé - $2250

References

Source: Slauson, H. W.; Howard Greene (1926). "“Leading American Motor Cars”". Everyman's Guide to Motor Efficiency. New York: Leslie-Judge Company.