£129.3k
1917 Simplex Crane Model 5 Dual-Cowl Victoria Phaeton
Bonhams • US • 8 Oct 2012
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Highest 30% of Past Sales
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£129,258
1917 Simplex Crane Model 5 Dual-Cowl Victoria Phaeton
US • 8 Oct 2012
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This is a 1917 Simplex Crane Model 5 Dual-Cowl Victoria Phaeton with coachwork by Farnham & Nelson Co. It features a 564 cubic inch six-cylinder engine, custom aluminum body, and a Victoria top.
The car was owned by the Whitney Family of Boston and later by Cameron Bradley and Robert Valpey and is presented in wonderfully original condition and fine mechanical order.
Condition
7
The car is described as being in wonderfully original condition and fine mechanical order, driving like new. It has been well-preserved by dedicated caretakers and seen little use in the last 30 years. The car has some older restoration work. The listing states the car is in excellent running and driving condition. The listing also mentions original paint may be present under a repaint.
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2333
1917
Auction
LHD
United States
£129.3k
1917 Simplex Crane Model 5 Dual-Cowl Victoria Phaeton
Bonhams • US • 8 Oct 2012
Market Position:
Highest 30% of Past Sales
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Description
Henry Middlebrook Crane graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1896, with degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering.
He then joined the Bell Telephone Company, and later worked for their manufacturing subsidiary, the Western Electric Company.
His Crane and Whitman Company of Bayonne, New Jersey, formed in 1906, evolved into the Crane Motor Car Company by 1910.
In 1912, his design for the Crane Model 3 automobile was ready for production.
It was a large, refined luxury car, but "production" it barely achieved, with some 37 cars built in three years.
In the autumn of 1914, the Simplex Automobile Company acquired the Crane firm, moving its equipment to nearby New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The services of Henry Crane were included in the transaction, and in short order the Simplex Crane Model 5 was introduced, with Crane's refined 564 cubic inch six-cylinder engine in a 144-inch wheelbase chassis.
Bodies were supplied by several well-known bespoke coachbuild...
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