A Sandford FT5 (My thanks to Andre Jacq for sending in this photo of his vehicle)

A Sandford FT5 (My thanks to Andre Jacq for sending in this photo of his vehicle)

Sandford

Description

The Sandford was first introduced in 1922 in Paris (France). Designed and built by Stuart Sandford the Sandfords became highly successful at Time Trials and races beating most 4-wheelers of the time. Many variations of the Sandford was produced that included numerous racing models such as the Sport, the Super Sport and the Super Charged Sports. In addition a Family model and Tourisme model were also introduced. With exception of the Economy model (FT5) that had a 950cc Ruby engine all Sandfords were powered by 900 - 1100cc water-cooled, four cylinder Ruby engines. Production of the Sandford halted in 1936.



Morgan, Darmont, Sandford??? What is the connection? Another British 3 wheeler with a French connection.
About the time of WWI, a French gentleman named Robert Darmont started his business as a importer of the Morgan 3 wheeler from England. After the war he obtained a license from Morgan to build the Morgan 3 wheeler in France. The Darmont-Morgan was born. The Morgan and Darmont-Morgan are basically identical, although one was built in France. Stewart Sandford, another French gentleman was selling the Morgan 3 wheeler in France. Stewart saw the need for a faster, more powerful 3 wheeler so he designed the Sandford 3 wheeler. It had a 4 cylinder Ruby engine in it. Very different from the Morgan. The Sandford is all steel with the engine fully enclosed. The Morgan F series 3 wheeler also had an enclosed engine.
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Detailed Description

The Sandford was first introduced in 1922 in Paris (France). Designed and built by Stuart Sandford the Sandfords became highly successful at Time Trials and races beating most 4-wheelers of the time. Many variations of the Sandford was produced that included numerous racing models such as the Sport, the Super Sport and the Super Charged Sports. In addition a Family model and Tourisme model were also introduced. With exception of the Economy model (FT5) that had a 950cc Ruby engine all Sandfords were powered by 900 - 1100cc water-cooled, four cylinder Ruby engines. Production of the Sandford halted in 1936.

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