Hampton (car)

[1] The first post war car was the Hampton 11.9 with either a 1496 cc or 1795 cc Dorman four-cylinder engine but only a few were made before the money ran out and the company was bought by a major shareholder John Daniel and re-registered as Hampton Engineering Co (1920) Ltd. William Paddon left to join the Autocrat car company of Birmingham.

[1] In spite of sales of around 300 cars a year, Hampton failed again in 1924 but was reformed by Millward and Leno as the Stroud Motor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. A new, larger, model the Hampton 14, still with a 1496 cc engine, but now from Henry Meadows, was announced.

Hampton rose again now registered as the Safety Suspension Car Co. Fifty Straight 8 2496 cc engines and 100 chassis were ordered from Rohr of Germany [1] to make the Empire Sportsman model.

[1] The 12/16 was a design obtained from the failed Crowdy car company fitted with a new side-valve engine.

Although both models shared the same chassis the larger-engined car was longer overall by 12 inches (3050 mm).

The standard body built by Hampton was an open two-seater available in dark biscuit or lavender and priced at GBP520.

The 14 was a larger-engined and longer version of the 9/21 with the engine now made by Henry Meadows, but probably to the Dorman design used previously.

A supercharger was possibly an option on some of the late cars, showing Hampton still had sporting interests.

The 20 was the first of a new range of larger cars with a Meadows engine and twin Zenith carburettors.