Eric-Campbell
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The Eric-Campbell was a British car made from 1919 to 1924. The company was formed by H Eric Orr-Ewing and Noel Campbell Macklin. Macklin would go on to found Invicta
cars.
The car called the 10 (10/22 in 1924) was built in the factory of the Handley Page aircraft company in Cricklewood, North London. It was assembled from bought-in components with a Coventry-Simplex 1498 cc, four cylinder, side valve engine driving the rear wheels through a cone clutch and three speed Moss gearbox. The engine was tuned with a special camshaft and lightened pistons. Half elliptic leaf springs were fitted at the front whilst at the rear cantilever springing was used. A top speed of 55 mph was guaranteed and 60 mph claimed as possible. Two seat polished aluminium bodies were fitted with a Rolls-Royce looking radiator.
Two cars were entered in the 1919 Targa Florio
race in Sicily.
An 8 hp car, the 8/20, with 1075 cc engine was announced in 1924 but it seems not to have reached production.
Macklin left the company in 1920 to concentrate on his Silver Hawk car and by 1921 Eric-Campbell were in financial difficulties. In 1922 production was taken over by Vulcan Iron Works. Prices were reduced and a wider range of bodies offered. In its last year of 1924, Anzani engines could be ordereded as well as the Coventry-Simplex.
The new owners failed to make a success of the company and the receivers were called in in January 1926.
It is estimated that as many as 500 cars might have been made.
Invicta (car)
Invicta is a British automobile manufacturer. The brand has been available intermittently through successive decades. Initially, the manufacturer was based in Cobham, Surrey, England from 1925 to 1933, then in Chelsea, London, England from 1933 to 1938 and finally in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...
cars.
The car called the 10 (10/22 in 1924) was built in the factory of the Handley Page aircraft company in Cricklewood, North London. It was assembled from bought-in components with a Coventry-Simplex 1498 cc, four cylinder, side valve engine driving the rear wheels through a cone clutch and three speed Moss gearbox. The engine was tuned with a special camshaft and lightened pistons. Half elliptic leaf springs were fitted at the front whilst at the rear cantilever springing was used. A top speed of 55 mph was guaranteed and 60 mph claimed as possible. Two seat polished aluminium bodies were fitted with a Rolls-Royce looking radiator.
Two cars were entered in the 1919 Targa Florio
Targa Florio
The Targa Florio was an open road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo. Founded in 1906, it was the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and 1973...
race in Sicily.
An 8 hp car, the 8/20, with 1075 cc engine was announced in 1924 but it seems not to have reached production.
Macklin left the company in 1920 to concentrate on his Silver Hawk car and by 1921 Eric-Campbell were in financial difficulties. In 1922 production was taken over by Vulcan Iron Works. Prices were reduced and a wider range of bodies offered. In its last year of 1924, Anzani engines could be ordereded as well as the Coventry-Simplex.
The new owners failed to make a success of the company and the receivers were called in in January 1926.
It is estimated that as many as 500 cars might have been made.