VETERAN CAR GUIDE
join the Richard brothers . His arrival heralded a new regime of larger cars on Panhard lines , with two or four cylinder engines in four models , from 10hp to 40hp . At first , they were chain driven , with tubular frames on the smaller cars , but by 1904 , all frames were pressed steel . The company offered a 5.5hp single cylinder voiturette for the British market in 1903 , called the Pony Richard ; probably a stock clearance exercise . The company gained great kudos from its victories in the 1904 and 1905 Gordon Bennett races , with their 9.9 litre , 80hp and 11.2 litre 90hp machines .
1903 Gladiator
in 1903 and only nine are currently known to exist . The bodies of the 1902 & 1903 cars were made by the John Leggett Carriage Company in Syracuse . The sides of the body have a swooped section that resembles a sleigh .
Gamage Aster Gamage ’ s of Holborn , London , was a famous department store . It offered cars and a wide range of motoring accessories for both vehicles and occupants between 1903 and 1904 . All the vehicles were sourced in from Lacoste et Battmann in Paris and were badged as ‘ Gamage ’ on arrival at the store . All vehicles had shaft drive and three-speed gearboxes , and there was a choice of De Dion Bouton or Aster single or twin cylinder engines .
Gasmobile The Automobile Company of America introduced its first cars and trikes in 1899 under the name ‘ American ’. The name was changed to Gasmobile in 1900 . There is evidence that 3hp single cylinder , chain driven cars and three-cylinder models were available from 1900 up to 1902 , although according to the standard catalogue only single cylinder models were made between 1899 and 1901 and 4 cylinder and rear mounted 3-cylinder engines were available in 1902 . It is likely that by November 1901 a total of 140 cars had been produced . At the New York Motor show in January 1902 a prototype 6-cylinder car was shown , which was the first of its kind in America , but in March 1902 the company was in the hands of the receiver . Production continued until August 1902 when the plant and property were sold at auction .
Georges Richard Situated at Ivry-Port , Seine , France , the Richard Company made photographic equipment and then bicycles . Motor vehicles were made from 1897 , when a Benz-type machine , complete with belt drive and three speeds , appeared . In 1901 , Henri Brasier left Mors to
Gillet-Forest Gillet-Forest was founded in 1899 in Saint-Cloud , France . Fernand Forest was a prolific inventor , who designed a four stroke engined car in 1890 . The first production vehicles were horizontal single cylinder cars of 5 , 9 / 10 and 12hp , with three-speed gearboxes , and the drive was encased in an aluminium oil bath . They ran at boiling point to improve fuel economy and were steam cooled with a distinctive V shaped vertical tubed condenser at the front .
Gladiator The Société Gladiator , Seine , France , was founded by Paul Aucoq and Alexandre Darracq to make low-cost bicycles , which attracted the attention of a British consortium that included Harvey du Cros and Ernest Hooley . Light car production was underway by 1898 , and by the following year Aster engines of 2.5hp and 3.5hp had been installed in the front of the tubular chassis , with a two-speed gearbox and chain drive to the rear axle . They were also sold as Clément because Adolphe Clément was on the board until 1903 . By then , Gladiator was making 1000 cars a year , of which 80 percent were sold in England . From 1903 , larger 10hp , twin cylinder models were available .
Haynes-Apperson The Apperson Brothers had premises at Kokomo , Indiana , USA . Elwood Haynes , a talented metallurgist who invented stainless steel , approached them to build his first car . The Haynes two-seater , with its chassis frame made of square steel tubing , had two forward speeds . Further prototypes were developed until the Haynes-Apperson Company was incorporated in May 1898 . The cars were powered by 5hp engines , with a three-speed gearbox , and the ‘ heavy parts ’ were made of aluminium alloy . The company earned itself a reputation by participating in numerous endurance races . The partnership disintegrated , but Haynes continued to manufacture Haynes-Appersons with rear-mounted twin cylinder engines of 8hp and 12hp . In 1904 , a four-cylinder model was introduced , and the Apperson name was dropped .
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