Lloyd & Sulman

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Lloyd & Sulman
legal form
founding 1923
resolution 1923
Seat Camperdown , Sydney , Australia
management Tom Sulman
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Lloyd & Sulman was an Australian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The racing driver Tom Sulman had made a light vehicle for himself. In 1923 he founded the company in Camperdown with his father-in-law and began producing automobiles. The brand name was Sulman . The great success of the Austin 7 led to financial problems. Production ended in the same year. A total of five vehicles were built.

vehicles

The prototype had an Excelsior motorcycle engine . This vehicle is also known as a cycle car, although it is not known whether it met the criteria of a cycle car in terms of cubic capacity and curb weight .

In the standard Simplex version, the vehicles were powered by an air-cooled V2 engine from Spacke with an output of 13.5 hp . The transmission had two gears. The wheelbase was 1981 mm and the curb weight was 407 kg.

literature

  • 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 , p. 1540. (English)
  • Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 55 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1540. (English)
  2. ↑ Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 55 (English).