A 1914 Simplex 50 h.p. 7-passenger touring car owned by Johnny Crowell. To show you how times have changed and that the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is not just all about clean, shiny and perfect show cars, we have posted some photos here by Steve Natale showing some of the pre-Concours touring events. Above are a…
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The test car shown above is a late Simplex four, shaft-drive chassis wearing a manufacturers license plate, which may be from N.J. The Simplex 38 h.p. long-stokes were introduced in 1912 and were manufactured until 1915. The 50 h.p. four changed over to a long-stoke in 1914 and according to Simplex expert the late Henry Austin Clark, was manufactured…
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This Peter Helck painting depicts George Robertson on his way to winning the Fairmount Park race in Philadelphia in 1909 with his 90 h.p. Simplex . It was a year of good runs by the seasoned 1908 Vanderbilt Cup winner driving for Simplex that year. He won a 24 hour event at Brighton Beach in…
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The rear wheel hub and spokes on a 1912 50 h.p. chain-drive Simplex which gives us an interesting study of shapes and color. The Simplex is a favorite here, so follow the link to see many more photos and information about this fine car. The Old Motor photo.
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A great photo from the Peter Helck Collection showing us three early racing cars. The event was a race in Libertyville Ill. on Aug. 9, 1913. On the left are the Case “Jay Eye See,” and the Simplex Zip taking a break while a Mercer Raceabout in the background is seen running in qualifying heat…
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1909 Brighton: The Winning Simplex. A painting from Peter Helck’s book Great Auto Races showing George Robertson and Al Poole on the way to winning the July 1909 Brighton Beach 24 hour race. Courtesy of the Helck family who have created the Artists webpage.
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As the 1910 season opened, racing was back on at Brighton Beach with the first 24 hour grind being run on May 13-14. Again the race started at 9 pm with a full field of cars including DePalma in a Fiat, Disbrow in a Rainier, the Chevrolet Brothers and Burman in Buicks and Mulford in…
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