Amplex Manufacturing Company

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Simplex Motor Car Company
Amplex Motor Car Company
Amplex Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution 1917
Seat Mishawaka , Indiana , USA
Branch Automobiles

Amplex at the Vanderbilt Cup 1910

Amplex Manufacturing Company , previously Simplex Motor Car Company and Amplex Motor Car Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

E. J. Gulick and Harry L. Bell founded the Simplex Motor Car Company in Mishawaka , Indiana , in late 1904 . In September 1905 the first prototype was ready to drive. Series production began in early 1906. The brand name was American Simplex . In 1910 the brand name changed to Amplex . The reason given was the possibility of confusion with the Simplex from the Simplex Automobile Company . In 1912 the name was changed to Amplex Motor Car Company and in 1914 to Amplex Manufacturing Company . Vehicle production ended in 1913. Now only engines were made.

The company was taken over by William Wrigley Jr. in 1914 and by William Gillette von Gillette in 1916 . In 1917 the company was dissolved.

vehicles

Most of the models had two-stroke engines . Advertisements claimed that such engines had advantages because four-stroke engines had problems with valves .

From 1906 to 1907 it the Model A . Its two-cylinder engine developed 40  hp . The wheelbase was 269 cm. The open touring car offered space for five people.

In 1908 the model 30-50 was in the range. Like most of the following models, it had a four-cylinder engine . He made from 6800 cm³ displacement with 50 HP. The chassis had a 297 cm wheelbase. Narrated are Landaulet , sedan , Roadster , Touring Car and a close-coupled touring cars .

The following year there was the model D-50 . The engine and wheelbase remained unchanged. In addition to a five- and a seven-seat touring car, there were sedans and roadsters.

In 1910 it was renamed the Model 35 , while the engine and wheelbase remained the same. A seven-seat touring car, a roadster, a limousine, a landaulet and a five-seat close-coupled touring car were on offer . In addition, the brand name changed during 1910

In 1911, the wheelbase of the Model H was extended to 325 cm. The superstructures touring car with seven seats, toy tonneau , close-coupled touring car, roadster, limousine and landaulet were on offer.

In 1912 there were two different types for the first time. The Model K corresponded to the previous model H . The Model M was only 305 cm wheelbase. Its engine was specified with 30/40 hp. Both types were available as landaulets, sedans, roadsters and touring cars.

In 1913 the range consisted of two models. The Baby Amplex was the last model to have a four-cylinder engine with 40 hp and a 305 cm wheelbase. The Little Six had a six - cylinder four-stroke engine with 40 hp. The wheelbase was 325 cm. Both models were only available as touring cars. Plans for a vehicle with a valveless slide motor were no longer realized.

Model overview

year brand model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1906-1907 American Simplex Model A 2 40 269 5-seater touring car
1908 American Simplex Model 30-50 4th 50 297 Touring cars, close-coupled touring cars, roadsters, sedans, landaulets
1909 American Simplex Model D-50 4th 5 297 7-seater touring car, 5-seater touring car, limousine, roadster
1910 American Simplex Model 35 4th 50 297 Touring car 7-seater, close-coupled Touring car 5-seater, roadster, limousine, landaulet
1910 Amplex Model 35 4th 50 297 Touring car 7-seater, close-coupled Touring car 5-seater, roadster, limousine, landaulet
1911 Amplex Model H 4th 50 325 7-seater touring car, toy tonneau, close-coupled touring car, roadster, limousine, landaulet
1912 Amplex Model K 4th 50 325 Touring car, roadster, limousine, landaulet
1912 Amplex Model M 4th 30/40 305 Touring car, roadster, limousine, landaulet
1913 Amplex Baby Amplex 4th 40 305 Touring car
1913 Amplex Little Six 6th 4th 325 Touring car

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 45-46 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 53. (English)

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 45-46 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 53. (English)