By A Hughes

The Conquest represented a complete departure from the previous car offered by the company. Intended primarily for the Conqueror motor, the Conquest was designed for a 10cc spur drive motor and mount.

Instead of a chassis, 2 large pressings in 14swg aluminium made a pan and body that butted together. A cast motor mount carried a turned axle in two ball races. The 3/8" hardened and tempered axles were tapered, flanged and threaded ¼ BSF left and right hand. Provision was made on the motor mount for adding a magneto behind the axle, driven by a second spur gear. The motor mount and axle at £1-10 (£1.50) and 13/6 (67p) respectively, were offered as separate items for those who wished to ‘do their own thing’.

The front axle unit was bolted directly to the pan and had two swing axles with rubber bush springing mounted into an aluminium casting. Two tether brackets made from bent steel strip were bolted through the pan, one behind the motor mount and one behind the front wheels. Like most other spur drive RRV installations, it was difficult to get the fuel tank and outlet mounted anywhere near the desired location.

The wheels and tyres supplied for the 5cc MRC car were obviously not up to the task for a 10cc car so completely new heavy-duty wheels and tyres were provided. The new wheels were made from two turned castings. The outer casting carried the hub and half the rim, while the inner ring clamped the tyre to this outer disc via 3 countersunk screws. The hub had a taper bore fitted either with a collet, which could be pinned to the driving axle when the wheel nut was tightened or a solid P/B bush for the front wheels. Tyres were available in 3 ½" or 4" dia, but strangely no wheels for the 4" tyres have yet been found. A pair of wheels and tyres was priced at £1-15-0 (£1.75)

As with the MRC, the Conquest kit was supplied neatly boxed with all the mechanical parts required for the car. The body pressings were boxed separately. The cost of the kit was £10-10-0 (£10.50). The original illustration of the kit shows a very plain mock up of the top half, rather than the eventual fluted pressing shown below.

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