Red and black plaque № 8930

Red and black plaque № 8930

Perkins Wolf Engine Perkins Wolf. Designer CW Chapman. The first high-speed diesel engine. The Wolf with its patented Perkins Aeroflow combustion system could run at 3,000rpm and was available for light truck and passenger car conversions from 1933. The success of Perkins Engines was founded upon this engine.

Perkins Heritage Centre, Perkins Engines, Frank Perkins Way, Peterborough
28 Apr 2009

by Institution of Mechanical Engineers on 28 April 2009

Colour: red and black

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