| BSA Light Six | |
| Manufacturer: | The Daimler Company Limited for BSA Cycles Limited |
| Aka: | Lanchester Light Six |
| Body Style: | Six-light saloon sports saloon streamlined saloon fixed-head coupé All four bodies are fully coachbuilt[1] |
| Layout: | FR layout |
| Engine: | 6-cylinder Inline ohv 1378 cc[2] |
| Transmission: | Daimler fluid flywheel and Wilson four-speed preselective self-changing gearbox |
| Wheelbase: | (8'3") 990NaN0 and track (4'0") 480NaN0 |
| Related: | BSA Ten, Lanchester Ten |
| Sp: | uk |
| BSA Light Six | |
| Manufacturer: | The Daimler Company Limited |
| Aka: | Lanchester Light Six |
| Configuration: | 6-cylinder in-line |
| Displacement: | 1378cc |
| Bore: | 57mm |
| Stroke: | 90mm |
| Block: | Cast-iron with integral head, mounted on a two-piece aluminium crankcase |
| Head: | Integral head with block Aluminium-alloy pistons |
| Valvetrain: | ohv operated by pushrods from a chain-driven camshaft |
| Fuelsystem: | S.U. carburettor |
| Oilsystem: | full pressure lubrication |
| Coolingsystem: | water thermostatically controlled with pump and fan to radiator |
| Power: | 34bhp @3,600 rpm Tax rating 12.09 hp |
The BSA Light Six was a small car in the twelve tax horsepower class manufactured for BSA Cars by BSA subsidiary The Daimler Company Limited.Announced in September 1934[1] it was a cheaper and less well-finished version of the Lanchester Light Six
It was described by the motoring correspondent of The Times as not intended to be a replacement for the Ten but as an alternative model perhaps for the more fastidious[1]
The new engine design was on the same general lines as the Lanchester Eighteen (not 15/18) though with a chain-driven dynamo and a much reduced bore and stroke taking down the swept volume from 2390cc to 1378cc
The larger twelve horsepower six-cylinder engine was mounted in the chassis of the ten horsepower four-cylinder BSA Ten. Steering was by cam and lever, brakes were mechanical. Tyres specified were 5 inch on 18 inch wheels.
Six-light saloon and fixed head coupé £315
Streamlined saloon and sports saloon £325