Bentall

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EH Bentall & Co. Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1805
resolution 1984
Seat Maldon
Branch Automobile manufacturer

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Bentall (around 1906)
Bentall 16/20 HP touring car (1908)

The EH Bentall & Co. Ltd. was a British company.

Company history

William Bentall founded the company in Maldon (Essex) in 1805 and manufactured agricultural machinery and industrial machinery. In 1906 the production of automobiles began . The brand name was Bentall . Automobile production ended in 1913. A total of around 100 vehicles were built. In 1961 the company was taken over by Acrow . Production ended with its liquidation in 1984.

vehicles

Various passenger cars with water-cooled two- or four-cylinder engines were created . The circular cooler was typical of the Bentall. A vehicle still exists today.

Models

model Construction period cylinder Displacement (cm³) Wheelbase (mm) source
9 HP 1906 2 row 1208 2438
16 HP 1907-1910 4 row 2418 2819
11 HP 1908-1909 2 row 2492 2438
16/20 HP 1908-1912 4 row 2986 2819
16/20 HP 1911-1913 4 row 3261 3048
18 HP 1911-1913 4 row 3563 2972
8 HP ? 2
16 HP ? 2

Engines

The Crypto Engineering Company of London used inter alia in motors of Bentall for their vehicles.

literature

Web links

Commons : Bentall  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Culshaw, Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975.