HAMBLET

Hamblet Machine Co. (c1909)
Lawrence, Massachusetts

This is the Hamblet radiator emblem (poss c1909)    ms
Size: 46mm wide 15mm high    MM: Unknown

George W. Hamblet was an MIT graduate and built himself a fine motor car through his Hamblet Machine Company in around 1909, including an air-cooled engine, with bodywork provided by the Amesbury Metal Body Company. The car did not go into production. 

In 1912, the engine was replaced with a 40 hp six-cylinder Palmer & Singer T-head engine with a Stevens-Duryea radiator. The Hamblet remains extant.

The Hamblet was stored in the Hamblet family barn in Lawrence for many years until it was acquired by L. Fraser Colpitts of Andover, Massachusetts in the late 1960's. Fraser Colpitts slowly restored the Hamblet over a period of about 17 years. He completed the car in 1985 apart from the top, which was missing at that time. 

Emblem

The current painted brass Hamblet radiator emblem shown above at the top of this post and again later below was made by Fraser Colpitts during his restoration. 

The Hamblet motor car with the 1912 Stevens-Duryea radiator and with a restored top is shown below:

Hamblet motor car    ms

Hamblet radiator (1912)   ms

This is the Hamblet radiator emblem   ms
Size: 46mm wide 15mm high    MM: Poss None

The following shows the Hamblet No.1 serial plate:

This is the Hamblet serial plate    ms

I am grateful to John Lowe of Andover, Massachusetts for giving details of the long restoration work carried out by L. Fraser Colpitts.