AS S1 and AS S2

For the car manufactured in France, see AS Type A2.

AS S1 and AS S2
AS S1 or AS S2 car in the taxi landaulet version.
Overview
Manufacturer	Towarzystwo Budowy Samochodów AS
Production	1927–1930
Assembly	Warsaw, Poland
Designer	Aleksander Liberman (chassis)
Body and chassis
Class	Passenger car, van
Body style	Landaulet, convertible, limousine and panel van
Powertrain
Engine	straight-four flathead Chapuis-Dornier (S1) straight-four overhead valve CIME (S2)

AS S1 and AS S2 were two twin models of passenger cars manufactured by Towarzystwo Budowy Samochodów AS in Warsaw, Poland from 1927 to 1930. The two models differed with their engines and existed in 4 versions of car body style: taxi landaulet, convertible, limousine and panel van.

History

The car was designed and assembled by Towarzystwo Budowy Samochodów AS in Warsaw, Poland, in the Warszawskie Autowarsztaty factory at 64 Złota Street. The chassis for the car was designed by Aleksander Liberman, with first prototypes being made on 4 January 1927. On 27 March 1927, the final version was manufactured in Fabryka Powozów Braci Węgrzeckich located in Szydłowiec, Poland.

After a few months of road tests, the car had been allowed to be sold. It was manufactured in 4 car body styles: taxi landaulet, convertible, limousine and panel van. The taxi landaulet version was the most popular, having around 100 cars being made, while the other version had around 50 cars made for each one. The customers could have also ordered only the chassis, paying a lower price.

The car was manufactured in 2 versions, with different engines: S1 and S2. S1 used engine manufactured by Chapuis-Dornier while S2, by CIME. The first models of the car also used the engine made by Ruby. All engines, as well as the gearbox were imported from France. The rest of the elements of the car were manufactured in Poland.

The car manufacturing company was awarded the silver medal for its AS cars at the 1929 Polish General Exhibition in Poznań. Its cars also arouse interest at the exhibition. AS was mostly praised for its noiseless, non-resistive, and precise way of closing its doors. The car stopped being manufactured in 1930, due to the Great Depression.

There were around 150 AS cars manufactured. They were made in 3 series, the first two countings respectively 60 and 80 cars. The third series was planned to count 100 cars, however, only a small number of cars that series has been manufactured.

There is no AS car left. It is known that one of the cars, has been used in the barricade at the Wilcza Street, during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. One AS car, and probably the last of that model to survive the World War II, was used as a taxi in Warsaw, until the first half of the 1950s.

Specifications

The car was available in two versions with different engines: S1 and S2. AS S1 had straight-four flathead Chapuis-Dornier engine with 17 kW power and a capacity of 990 cm³. The AS S2 had a straight-four overhead valve CIME engine with 24 kW power and a capacity of 1203 cm³ 24 KW power. The car was manufactured in 4 car body styles: taxi landaulet, convertible, limousine and panel van.

Gallery

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  Illustration of the taxi landaulet verrsion of AS S1 or AS S2 from the late 1920s.
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  The taxi landaulet version of AS S1 or AS S2. Photographed in the Royal Baths Park, in the late 1920s.
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  The illustration of the convertible version of AS S1 or AS S2 from the late 1920s.
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  The illustration of the limousine version of AS S1 or AS S2 from the late 1920s.
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  The panel van version of AS S1 or AS S2 in the late 1920s.

External links

• Media related to AS S1 and AS S2 at Wikimedia Commons