Simplicia Automobile Company

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Simplicia Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1910
resolution 1910
Seat Brooklyn , New York , USA
management Charles Levy
Branch Automobiles

Simplicia Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles Levy of New Orleans , Louisiana announced plans for automobile production in 1910. He founded the company in Brooklyn , New York, United States . His partners were Stuart L. Jaffray from New York City , James McBrian from New Brighton, New Jersey, and Simon J. Schlenker from New Orleans. The initial capital was 2 million dollars . A newspaper from Wilmington , Delaware dated September 21, 1910 confirmed the establishment of the company.

The production of automobiles began. However, it is unclear where the manufacture took place. Two sources mean New Orleans. But there was also an offer from Adams in Massachusetts . The brand name was Simplicia . After 1910 the track of the company is lost.

In 1914, two vehicles of this brand were still registered in the state of Connecticut .

vehicles

The plans amounted to a car without a chassis . The origin is said to be in France. According to a newspaper report, the front of the engine was connected to the front axle in a novel way, while the engine, transmission and rear axle were also connected. Were planned touring cars , taxis and vans in the middle price segment.

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. 1351 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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. 1351 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 262 (English).
  3. ↑ The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware, September 21, 1910 (accessed February 16, 2019)