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'''Lee Stroyer''' was a British [[petrol engine]] manufacturing company and a producer of a limited number of [[car]]s.<ref name="BMM">{{cite web
|work=British Motor Manufacturers (1894-1960)
|title=Lee Stroyer
|url=http://www.britishmm.co.uk/history.asp?id=549
|access-date=15 August 2006
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310181307/http://www.britishmm.co.uk/history.asp?id=549
|archive-date=10 March 2007
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
Founded in East Street, [[Coventry]] in 1903 by [[H. Pelham Lee]] in partnership with a [[Denmark|Dane]] called Jens Stroyer.<ref name="Aston 1">{{cite web
|title=Aston Martin: Car Manufacturer: Great British Design Quest
|url=http://www.designmuseum.org/design/aston-martin
|publisher=Design Museum
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701055155/http://designmuseum.org/design/aston-martin
|archive-date=1 July 2014
|df=dmy
}}</ref><ref name="BMM"/>
Stroyer left the company in 1905 and Lee relocated to Paynes Lane, and at the same time renamed the company to [[Coventry Simplex]].<ref name="Aston 1"/><ref name="BMM"/>
Coventry Simplex went on to become [[Coventry Climax Engines]], one of the most successful [[Formula One]] racing engine providers of all time.<ref name="Aston 1"/>
== See also ==
* [[List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom]]
==References==
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[[Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England]]
[[Category:Coventry motor companies]]
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