The Santler was a British car built in Malvern Link, Worcestershire Worcestershire (pronounced /ˈwʊstərʃər/ WOOS-tər-shər) or /ˈwʊstərʃɪər/ WOOS-tər-sheer; abbreviated Worcs) is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of central England. In 1974 it was merged with the neighbouring county of Herefordshire to form the county of Hereford and Worcester;, England England ( /ˈɪŋɡlənd/ ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental Europe. The mainland of, between 1889 and 1922. They have a good claim to be Britain's first makers of petrol driven cars.
The Santler brothers Charles (1864-1940) and Walter (1867-1942) ran a small general engineering company started by their father in about 1875. They moved into the bicycle business and in 1887 designed a small steam engine which they had running in 1889 and installed in a four wheeled chassis. All of this was being done in their spare time while the business moved on to electrical installation with small generators run by steam or gas engines or water turbines. One of their clients was the mother of pioneering motorist Evelyn Ellis. Using the expertise gained with small engines, Charles adapted one of the gas engines to replace the steam engine in their experimental car. The fuel was compressed town gas Coal gas is a flammable gaseous fuel made from coal and supplied to the user via a piped distribution system. Town gas is a more general term referring to manufactured gaseous fuels produced for sale to consumers and municipalities. It is also known as manufactured gas, syngas , hygas, and producer gas in some countries. In the days of gas stored in a tank under the chassis but this was heavy and gave the car a limited range. Around 1894 the engine was replaced again by a single cylinder petrol one. There has been some controversy over the exact date this was done but in 1986 it was confirmed by the dating committee of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain. The car still exists but not with the original engine.
A new and improved car was built in 1897 but again the work from their main business kept vehicle production as a spare time activity. They may also have made some motorised bicycles. A further car, a two seater, was made in 1901 still with a single cylinder engine, now mounted at the front, with belt drive to a central gearbox and chain to the rear wheels. It was subsequently converted to four seats.
A larger four seater followed in 1907 followed by another gap until a new model appeared in 1913 with a four cylinder Dorman engine. This was the first Santler to be advertised for sale with a two seater at £175 and four seater at £190. There was also a van. It is not known how many were made. The First World War World War I , also known as the First World War, the Great War, the World War (prior to the outbreak of the Second World War), and the War to End All Wars, was a military conflict which involved most of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies of World War I centred around the Triple Entente and the Central Powers, stopped further developments and the factory was turned over to military work.
After the war the brothers tried to sell a motor plough they had developed from 1910 onwards but this was not a success. Returning to car production they brought out a three wheeler called the Rushabout in 1920 advertised for £165. This was similar to the car made by the nearby Morgan Motor Company The Morgan Motor Company is a British motor car manufacturer. The company was founded in 1909 by H.F.S. Morgan and was run by him until 1959. Peter Morgan, son of H.F.S., ran the company until a few years before his death in 2003. The company is currently run by Charles Morgan, the son of Peter Morgan using a front mounted, air cooled, V-twin engine but suspension and transmission were not the same. It was not a success and in spite of a drastic reduction in price to £85 did not sell. About 12 were made but none are known to survive. The company finally ran out of money and closed in about 1922.
Walter went on to become resident engineer at Ampleforth College Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire, England, is the largest private Catholic co-educational boarding school in the United Kingdom, it is otherwise known as SHAC by the pupils and it is occasionally referred to as the "Catholic Eton", a sobriquet also attached at different times to Beaumont and Stonyhurst College (both Jesuit schools) where they had fitted an electric generator in the 1890s. Charles also left Malvern but he went to New Zealand to work on railway signalling. He returned home in 1939 but was killed by the only bomb dropped on Worcester during the Second World War.
References
- Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Editor Nick Georgano. Stationery Office, 2000. ISBN 1-57958-293-1
- Santler and Company. The Automobile, September 1996. ISSN 0955-1328
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