Orpington (Smith & Milroy Ltd.)

Orpington was a British automobile brand, which was from 1920 to 1924 by Smith & Milroy Ltd. was made in Orpington Kent . Smith & Milroy were also the British representative of the US automobile manufacturer Overland as well as previous production of early motorcycles and engineers .

Only one model was built, the Orpington 10/12 hp , also called Orpington 10.5 hp . The light, two-seat car had a side-mounted, four-cylinder in-line engine with 1.5 L displacement from Coventry-Simplex . this had a wheelbase of 2438 mm. Other components came from Ford Model T .

Price two-seater, £225; Four-seater, £250. TaX, £11. No. of cylinders. four. Bore, 66 mm. Stroke. 110 mm. (1,498 c.c.). Weight complete, two-seater, 12 cwt.
Side-by-side valve Transmission by shaft. No. of speeds, three. Right-hand control. Cone clutch.

Approx consumption, 40 m.p.g. Capacity of fuel
tank, six gallom. Thermo-siphon cooling. Forced-feed lubrication. Separate construction of gearbox. Zenith carburetter. Magneto ignition.

In 1924, the brand disappeared from the market again around 3000 buit.