VETERAN CAR GUIDE 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 .
1904 Humberette .
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 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 .
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
Humber and Humberette Humber was one of the earliest cycle manufacturers , initially located in Nottingham , and later in Coventry and Wolverhampton . Plans to make the Léon Bollée three-wheeler were interrupted when a fire destroyed the Coventry factory , but the Coventry Bollée and the Coventry Motette did appear at the end of 1896 , making Humber the first maker of series-production cars in England . Numerous prototype four-wheeled motor cars appeared at shows , but it was 1901 before the first conventional vehicle arrived , powered by a 4.5hp De Dion Bouton engine , with shaft drive , and a rear entrance tonneau body . Single spoke steering wheels were a feature of Humbers until 1910 , and cars with four-cylinder engines of 12hp and 20hp appeared in 1902 and 1903 . The latter was pivotal for the company ; it introduced a lightweight Humberette with a 6hp De Dion Bouton engine , a two-speed gearbox , a tubular frame and shaft drive . A larger engine and three-speed gearbox arrived in 1904 .
Hurtu The company was founded in 1880 as Hurtu , Haution et Diligeon , as a maker of sewing machines and bicycles . The first car , a version of a Leon Bollee tricar , was made in 1896 , followed by a version of the German Benz the following year . In 1900 , the Benz was replaced by a new model powered by a 3.5hp De Dion Bouton engine with shaft drive . Two- or fourseater bodies were available , the latter a rear entrance tonneau . The company also used Aster engines with one , two or four cylinders .
International Charette The International Motor Co . Ltd ., of High Street , Marylebone , London , was established in 1894 , and initially assembled motor vehicles from imported components . In the early years the Parisien , Émile Roger , provided all the essential parts for a vehicle that the company marketed as the ‘ International Benz ’. The first vehicle that International could claim to have had a role in the design of was the Charette light car , which was constructed by Coventry-based Allard & Co . Launched in 1901 , it had a 3.5hp De Dion Bouton
52 The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run