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1914 Simplex Model 50 Speedcar

  • Chassis Number: A2-50-59
This 1914 Simplex 50HP Speedcar is a 'long-stroke' example. During the early 1940s, the car was acquired from H. Jewett Orth, Jr., of Frederick, Maryland, by Alec Ulmann. New York mechanic Charlie Stich and Smith Hempstone Oliver drove the car to Washington, D.C., after which Stich continued on with it to Ulmann's in New York City. Ulmann later sold the car to Colonel Ralph Earle of Haverford, Pennsylvania, from whom it was acquired by the early collector Richard C. Paine of Mount Desert Island, Maine.

Several East Coast collectors would own the car after Mr. Paine. One individual commissioned from restorer Temple Baldwin its present speed car body, built to a Holbrook design. It was then advertised for sale in Hemmings Motor News. Around the late 1990s, the car entered the care of Don C. Boulton.

The car is presently finished in a dark plum color with a matching button-tufted leather interior and maroon wheels. There are dual rear-mounted spares secured with leather straps, an oval tank, and two curved bucket seats. There are wrought Badger Brass Solarclypse headlamps, fed by a Prestolite acetylene tank. It has an original electric self-starting system that operates the nearly 600 cubic-inch engine. The engine is fed by an original Simplex carburetor. The 50 horsepower is sent to the rear wheels via a four-speed manual transmission and dual-chain final drive.

By Daniel Vaughan | May 2019

2019 Bonhams : Amelia Island

Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $600,000-USD $800,000 
Sale Price :
USD $885,000

Recent Sales of the Simplex Model 50

(Data based on Model Year 1914 sales)
1914 Simplex 50HP 'Speedcar'
Sold for USD$885,000
  2019 Bonhams : Amelia Island
1914 Simplex Model 50 image  1914 Simplex Model 50 image  

Simplex Model 50s That Failed To Sell At Auction

1914 Simplex Model 50's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
VehicleChassisEventHigh BidEst. LowEst. High
1914 Simplex 50hp Tourer14582023 Bonhams : Quail $1,250,000$2,000,000

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1914 Simplex Model 50

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1914 Simplex Model 50 vehicle information
Touring
Coachwork: Holbrook
Chassis #: 1458
Engine #: D-I-14
1914 Simplex Model 50 vehicle information
Touring
Coachwork: Holbrook
1914 Simplex Model 50 vehicle information
Speedcar
Chassis #: A2-50-59
1914 Simplex Model 50 vehicle information
Touring
Coachwork: Holbrook
Chassis #: 1491