Highclere Motor Car Syndicate

Highclere Motor Car Syndicate Ltd.
legal form	Limited
founding	1907
resolution	1912
Seat	Highclere at Newbury
management	EJY Rutherford, George Hamilton
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Highclere Motor Car Syndicate Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

EJY Rutherford and George Hamilton founded the company in Highclere near Newbury in 1907 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was initially EJYR , from 1908 Rutherford . Production ended in 1912. In total, only a few copies were made.

vehicles

The company made steam cars. The first model was the 30/40 HP . A three-cylinder - steam engine driving a propeller shaft to the rear axle. The steam boiler was a Serpollet boiler . The touring car had space for five people. The model was presented at the 1907 and 1908 Olympia Shows . The price was 575 pounds .

In 1911 a model with a more powerful engine appeared, which was offered for 400 pounds.

literature

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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.