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21/02/2026 4:40 pm
1912 Simplex Speed Car — 24 Hours of Brighton
"With the fatality score of one dead and half a dozen or more less badly injured, the twenty-four-hour race ended last night at Brighton Beach Motordrome, when the Simplex car driven by Al Poole flashed under the string of red and green lights strung across the track opposite the judges’ stand - a winner. Although the race was a heart-breaking, nerve-wracking event, the record made by the Lozier car last year still stands. The Simplex car covered 1,120 miles, finishing twenty-five miles ahead of Stearns No. 1. Which was credited with 1,120 miles, Fiat was third, with 1,107 miles and Buick fourth." (New York Times, Sunday, May 15, 1910.)
The Simplex Automobile Company operated in New York City from 1904 through 1914. It was owned and managed by textile manufacturer Herman Broesel, who was influenced by Mercedes and used some Mercedes-designed parts. Earlier, Mercedes had produced a model called the Simplex, but it was a totally different car. After Mr. Broesel’s death in 1912, the Simplex was sold by his sons and heirs and combined into the New Jersey firm of Crane-Simplex, builders of large and expensive custom-bodied cars.
This Dust & Glory model from the mind of Phil Alderman is a wonder to behold. I'll let the photos speak for themselves...
21/02/2026 5:07 pm
Impressive little 1/43 gem representing a sliver of rich American racing history. 😀 😎
21/02/2026 5:13 pm
Impressive detail. Do you know when Dust & Glory made models? Must be prior to me collecting 1/43 scale cars.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
21/02/2026 5:36 pm
This is a wonderful post Randy. At first glance, I thought it was a Dugu but it is far grander than that.
Dust and Glory did some wonderful models of early vehicles. The only one that I had was a 1903 Packard Grey Wolf. Beautiful but I was talked into trading it years ago to a friend who only collected Packards. Most Dust and Glory models were very limited editions. Quoting from HobbyDB, they were 1/43 handmade model cars, made in England for Phil Alderman in the US. A total of 7 historical racing cars of 1900-1910s were made. Some or all were mastered and built by Christian Gouel. I purchased mine in the 1990s.
Here is the Packard from HobbyDB.
21/02/2026 7:50 pm
Great pics, Randy, and a well-documented post. Those models are amazing, particularly so given their time frame.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
21/02/2026 7:54 pm
The D&G series was limited to 150 examples, and I have #139 of each. All had an appropriate base, reflective of their history (dirt, brick, or boardtrack). Since I bought many of these soon after release, I have good intro data on most, as follows:
#1 1989
#2 1990 (a guess, since I sold mine and it's no longer in my records)
#3 1991
#4 1991
#5 1992
#6 1992
#7 1993 (a guess, since I got mine on ebay years later).