of Emlen S. Hare, would absorb the assets of the Simplex Automobile Company. Automobile equipment was relocated to the Vernon Avenue building in Queens which had been used as a service department. In February 1920 Hare's Motors, Incorporated was organized to take over the assets of Locomobile, Mercer and Simplex. In July 1921 Hare's motors announced it would be dissolved and the separate units would reorganize as individual companies. Simplex which was still not producing cars, reverted to Mercer ownership. By July 1922, a reorganization of Mercer Motors and reversal of its arrangements with Hare Motors was finally completed. Notable cars 1915 Roadster - believed to be the only Simplex roadster ever made, with 1915 Sport Berline Brewster - personal car of Henry Crane and built for 1915 New York Auto Show, sold new for $13,800 1916 Model 5 Holbrook Skiff - built for 1916 New York Auto Show with yacht-inspired design, (including doors in the middle rather than beside passengers and a propeller in back) soon purchased at the San Francisco Auto Show, now owned by Jay Leno 1918 Crane-Simplex - owned by John D. Rockefeller, had two Brewster bodies, for summer and winter seasons, now one of the last surviving Rockefeller family cars 1918 Model 5 Prince of Wales Limousine, coachwork by Brooks-Ostruk - built for Frederick W. Vanderbilt, now owned by Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site. External links Simplex Automobiles at ConceptCarz 1912 Crane Model 3 at ConceptCarz The Atlantic, October 1950 article - The Simplex by Smith Hempstone Oliver The Vanderbilt 1918 Crane-Simplex Model 5 at NPS.gov Simplex Automobile Company at DPL Digital Collections Jay Leno and the 1916 Simplex Crane Model 5 Holbrook Skiff at ClassicCarsJournal After 100 years, J.D. Rockefeller’s 1917 Crane-Simplex takes a ‘Drive Home’ at ClassicCarsJournal Seal Cove Auto Museum - Large, Impressive and Very Rare - The 1917 Simplex-Crane Simplex The Best -1916 Simplex Crane Model 5 article Hemmings.com The 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance – Simplex Automobile Images by Steve Natale - OldMotor.com 1916 Simplex Crane Model 5 at 2007 Gooding Auction 1916 Simplex Crane Model 5 Brewster at 2018 Bonhams Auction References Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in New York (state) Defunct companies based in New York City Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1922 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1923 1923 disestablishments in New York (state) Luxury motor vehicle manufacturers Cars introduced