Simplex Motor Vehicle Company

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Simplex Motor Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1901
Seat Danvers , Massachusetts , USA
management Ralph Otto Hood
Branch Automobiles

Simplex Motor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Ralph Otto Hood manufactured his first vehicle in 1899. It was not until April 1900 that he founded the company in Danvers , Massachusetts . He continued the production of automobiles. The brand name was officially Hood . In addition, the names Electronomic Steamer and Simplex Steamer are passed down. Production ended in 1901.

As far as is known, at least two vehicles were built. Two have been preserved.

vehicles

Hood made steam cars. They largely corresponded to other steam cars of the time. What was unusual was that the steam engine had four cylinders , while many competitors used two-cylinder engines.

The maximum speed was given as 48 km / h. The original price was 1,000 US dollars .

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. 715-716 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 715 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 715-716 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 715 (English).