Hodgson
Overview
1924 - 1925
Before World War I Harry Hodgson gave driving lessons and engineering instruction, and planned to make a racing car when the war intervened. In 1922 he built a racing car using an Anzani engine, with which he had a number of successes in speed trials and hill climbs. He began to make cars for sale in 1924, in a very modest factory with a staff of only four men. Like his original car they all had 1496cc Anzani engines and Meadows 4-speed gearboxes. Several types were made, including a rather staid-looking 2-seater called the 12/25, and sporting 2- and 4-seaters (12/40) with aluminium bodies. Prices were £295 for the 2-seater, £395 for the 2- and 4-seater Super Sports and £550 for the 12/50 supercharged racing car. Production was very limited, only about eight cars being made in all. In 1927 Hodgson patented a dual quarter-elliptic suspension and in 1929 built five cars under the name British Eagle, still using Anzani engines, but with shorter wheelbases than the Hodgson.
Source: Nick Georgano / The Beaulieu Encyclopaedia of the Automobile