Sheffield-Simplex was a British car and motorcycle manufacturer operating from to based in Sheffield , Yorkshire, and Kingston upon Thames , Surrey. The company received financial backing from aristocrat and coal magnate Earl Fitzwilliam. The first few cars were made by Peter Brotherhood and were a continuation of the Brotherhood-Crocker cars made in London in which Earl Fitzwilliam had been an investor. Stanley Brotherhood sold the London site in and moved his Peter Brotherhood business to Peterborough , near Fitzwilliam's second seat at Milton Park. He could not get permission to build a car factory in Peterborough so the Earl suggested a move to Sheffield where Stanley Brotherhood built a new factory in Tinsley a few miles south of Wentworth-Woodhouse , the Fitzwilliam family seat.
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Sheffield-Simplex was a British car and motorcycle manufacturer operating from to based in Sheffield , Yorkshire, and Kingston upon Thames , Surrey. The company received financial backing from aristocrat and coal magnate Earl Fitzwilliam. The first few cars were made by Peter Brotherhood and were a continuation of the Brotherhood-Crocker cars made in London in which Earl Fitzwilliam had been an investor.
Stanley Brotherhood sold the London site in and moved his Peter Brotherhood business to Peterborough , near Fitzwilliam's second seat at Milton Park. He could not get permission to build a car factory in Peterborough so the Earl suggested a move to Sheffield where Stanley Brotherhood built a new factory in Tinsley a few miles south of Wentworth-Woodhouse , the Fitzwilliam family seat.
In late Peter Brotherhood withdrew from the car venture and the former Brotherhood cars bore just the Sheffield-Simplex name.
It was joined in by the LA2, intended for lighter open bodies which did without a conventional gear system, having one forward gear and an emergency low and reverse gear in a small gearbox attached to the front of the differential housing. The only remaining example of a 45 hp LA2 is in private ownership and is seen frequently on rallies in Britain, Ireland and Belgium.
In November it was announced they had designed aero engines and were seriously considering their manufacture. Four smaller cars joined the line up in November Sheffield-Simplex considered their only rival to be Rolls-Royce and even opened their London showroom very close by in Conduit Street.
Warwick Wright was joint managing director. Few were sold and it was replaced by a new design, the 50, in It appeared at the London Motor Show in fitted with a two-seat body and again in It is quite probable that it was the only one made.
It is believed that at least three cars survive. This car can be viewed in the Kelham Island Museum in Sheffield from where it is taken to local shows from time to time.
Another example is owned by the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney , Australia. The commercial motor correspondent of The Times reported in autumn that he had tried at the request of the makers, Sheffield-Simplex, their 25 hp twenty passenger Shefflex omnibus.
The correspondent pointed out that with a commercial vehicle the smaller the vehicle's unladen weight the greater its carrying capacity. The Shefflex body, he said, seemed to be too heavy but the engine seemed well-balanced, quiet and responsive. As well as cars, the company built Ner-a Car motorcycles [10] and in opened a factory in Kingston upon Thames in Surrey.
This unconventional machine was designed by American Carl Neracher and had a very low chassis dropping down between the wheels. Production continued until From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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