Stanhope Brothers

Stanhope Motors (Leeds) Ltd. Stanhope Brothers Ltd.
legal form	Limited
founding	1919
resolution	1925
Seat	Leeds
management	Harry Stanhope, Ted Stanhope, Herbert Stanhope
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Stanhope Brothers Ltd. , previously Stanhope Motors (Leeds) Ltd. , was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Herbert Stanhope Sr. was a jeweler in Leeds . 1915 produced his sons Harry, Ted and Herbert junior a car - a prototype . In 1919 they founded Stanhope Motors (Leeds) Ltd. and started producing automobiles. The brand name was Stanhope . Production ended in 1922 when financier Rowland Winn withdrew. Walter Bramham took over the vehicle production and continued it under the brand name Bramham . When Bramham gave up in 1924, the brothers founded the new company Stanhope Brothers Ltd. and continued production. The brand name was again Stanhope . Production ended in 1925.

vehicles

The company manufactured small cars. A special feature of the tricycles was that the single front wheel was driven. The prototype had a V2 engine from JAP with 8 hp and power transmission via belts.

From 1924 onwards, various prototypes were made, some with three wheels, some with four. Built-in engines with two and four cylinders from Blackburne , Singer and Triumph powered the vehicles. There was a choice of chain drive and cardan drive .

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)

Web links

• Motorbase (accessed March 8, 2014)

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.