Clarkson & Capel Steam Car Syndicate

Clarkson & Capel Steam Car Syndicate Ltd.
legal form	Limited
founding	1899
resolution	1902
Seat	Dalston , London
management	Thomas Clarkson, Herbert Capel
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Clarkson & Capel Steam Car Syndicate Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Thomas Clarkson and Herbert Capel founded the company in the London borough of Dalston in 1899 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was Clarkson . Production ended in 1902 and the successor company was Chelmsford Limited .

vehicles

Clarkson steam-powered omnibus

The company made steam cars. The most important product line was commercial vehicles , alongside a few cars. In 1899, two vehicles were presented at an automobile exhibition in Richmond. One model had the steam engine in the stern. It offered space for six people, plus the driver who was seated behind the passengers. The other model was smaller and derived from the Viktoria carriage type .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• George Nicholas Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)

Web links

Commons : Clarkson Vehicles  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.