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1922 BELSIZE-BRADSHAW 9HP SPORTING TWO SEATER
Registration No. BS 9181
Chassis No. 399
Engine No. 385
Apple Green with black interior
Engine: two cylinder, overhead valve, oil-cooled, 1,094cc, 9hp; Gearbox: three speed manual; Suspension: front and rear, quarter-elliptic leaf-springs; Brakes: two-wheel drum; Right hand drive.
Granville Bradshaw was a capable and innovative engineer, and, having had some success with his oil-cooled engines when fitted to motorcycles, succeeded in persuading the old-established Belsize car company to market a well-made light car, featuring an engine of his design. This was in 1921, but, by that date, this Manchester company could look back on over 20 years of solid progress, beginning with close copies of the Benz, which they made and sold as the Marshall from 1899. By 1906, Belsize offered a wide range of models which enhanced their reputation, and ruled briefly as cocks of the Manchester motor manufacturing midden after Rolls-Royce departed for Derby and before Crossley and then Ford overhauled them. Before the Great War, the small four-cylinder 1,970cc 10/12hp was a very good seller.
Bradshaw's experiences with aero engines during the war led him to advocate using heat dispersal through the aluminium crankcase to aid air-cooled cylinders: these were extended well down into the crankcase. Made to a high standard, quiet-running and attractively low-built and sporty, the Belsize-Bradshaw could not be sold competitively, and production ceased when maybe 1,000 had been made.
The car was first registered for the road in Norfolk on 1st July 1922, as substantiated by a 1950s continuation log book for its former registration AH 9118. By 1953 the car was still on the road and owned in that same area by John Kiddy of Hemblington, Norwich. In 1962 the car was sold to Robert Winstanley of Newcastle-on-Tyne, though it does not appear to have been used on the road after this, and we would anticipate its purchase by the Sharpe family a short time after this.
This unusual car was unearthed from long term storage in mid-2001, it has since been generally tidied, polished and prepared with a view to sale, but once ready the family rather liked the styling of the car and since it was not taking up too much space, a sale never took place.
The car remains in need of mechanical restoration and its complicated cooling system will no doubt provide an interesting challenge to the hardier engineering enthusiast.
Registration No. BS 9181
Chassis No. 399
Engine No. 385
Apple Green with black interior
Engine: two cylinder, overhead valve, oil-cooled, 1,094cc, 9hp; Gearbox: three speed manual; Suspension: front and rear, quarter-elliptic leaf-springs; Brakes: two-wheel drum; Right hand drive.
Granville Bradshaw was a capable and innovative engineer, and, having had some success with his oil-cooled engines when fitted to motorcycles, succeeded in persuading the old-established Belsize car company to market a well-made light car, featuring an engine of his design. This was in 1921, but, by that date, this Manchester company could look back on over 20 years of solid progress, beginning with close copies of the Benz, which they made and sold as the Marshall from 1899. By 1906, Belsize offered a wide range of models which enhanced their reputation, and ruled briefly as cocks of the Manchester motor manufacturing midden after Rolls-Royce departed for Derby and before Crossley and then Ford overhauled them. Before the Great War, the small four-cylinder 1,970cc 10/12hp was a very good seller.
Bradshaw's experiences with aero engines during the war led him to advocate using heat dispersal through the aluminium crankcase to aid air-cooled cylinders: these were extended well down into the crankcase. Made to a high standard, quiet-running and attractively low-built and sporty, the Belsize-Bradshaw could not be sold competitively, and production ceased when maybe 1,000 had been made.
The car was first registered for the road in Norfolk on 1st July 1922, as substantiated by a 1950s continuation log book for its former registration AH 9118. By 1953 the car was still on the road and owned in that same area by John Kiddy of Hemblington, Norwich. In 1962 the car was sold to Robert Winstanley of Newcastle-on-Tyne, though it does not appear to have been used on the road after this, and we would anticipate its purchase by the Sharpe family a short time after this.
This unusual car was unearthed from long term storage in mid-2001, it has since been generally tidied, polished and prepared with a view to sale, but once ready the family rather liked the styling of the car and since it was not taking up too much space, a sale never took place.
The car remains in need of mechanical restoration and its complicated cooling system will no doubt provide an interesting challenge to the hardier engineering enthusiast.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.