Bantam (make of car)

Bantam was a British car brand from 1913. The manufacturer was Slack & Harrison from Keyworth (Leicestershire) .

The only model was a cycle car . It was powered by a V2 engine with 8 bhp (5.9 kW) power supplied by Precision . There was no transmission; the different gear ratios were continuously adjusted on the pulleys. The drive to the rear axle was via a chain.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• Nick Georgano : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 1 A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)

Web links

• Early documents and newspaper articles on Bantam in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. 2001.