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Francis Birtles' Bean 14 car, which he named 'The Sundowner'
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Bean Car Company, Staffordshire, England |
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Dragi Markovic, National Museum of Australia |
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| Title |
Francis Birtles' Bean 14 car, which he named 'The Sundowner' |
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| Description |
14hp four-cylinder right hand drive two-seater racing car with a long engine cowling and boat tail. It has a low two-panel glass windscreen. The side covers of the engine cowling are missing and there is a large diameter exhaust pipe without muffler running along the left side of the vehicle. It has a full steel channel chassis, which has been drilled for lightness, leaf sprung suspension, and four wheel drum brakes. It does not have mudguards or running boards. The headlights have been removed. With the exception of the left hand rear wheel which has cast metal spokes, the wheels are wire spoked. There are only minimal traces remaining of red and green paint, and many people have scratched their details into the paintwork. In the National Historical Collection of the National Museum of Australia. |
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| Date | 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Length 4300mm; width 1600mm; height 1400mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1988.0121.0001 |
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| Object history | At the time of the Bean 14 car’s construction, Australian, British and American manufacturers were competing to produce a car especially suited to the rough Australian terrain. Bean’s Australian agents in Melbourne imported the Bean 14 for promotional purposes. Overland explorer Francis Birtles (1881-1941) drove the car on two sponsored record-breaking journeys: between Darwin and Melbourne in 1926, and London and Melbourne 1927-1928. This collection has strong relevance to the growth of the early motorcar industry in Australia, including the use of cars for recreation and exploration of the continent, and the promotional opportunities such journeys of exploration offered. It lends particular insight into the extraordinary achievements of Francis Birtles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | When using this image, please credit the photographer and the National Museum of Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | Bean' is handpainted in white on both sides of the engine cowling; 'ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA', a map of the globe indicating an overland route, and 'SMITHS INSTRUMENTS' are engraved in a rectangular brass plaque attached to the left side of the passenger's compartment; 'HOLDER ACROSS AUSTRALIA / RECORD' is painted in white on the upper left side adjacent to the windscreen; sponsor's advertisements for Shell Spirit and Dunlop Tyres are painted on both sides, as is an Arabic symbol and text in yellow which translates as 'Shell Benzene and Oils' | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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