Egon Seilnacht, machine and racing car construction

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Egon Seilnacht, machine and racing car construction

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founding February 20, 1917
resolution 1926
Reason for dissolution bankruptcy
Seat Vienna - Atzgersdorf
management Egon Seilnacht
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Grille

Egon Seilnacht, mechanical engineering and racing car manufacturer, was a manufacturer of automobiles from Austria-Hungary , later Austria .

Company history

Egon Seilnacht founded the company on February 20, 1917 in Atzgersdorf near Vienna and began producing automobiles. The brand name was ESA . As a specialty, Seilnacht manufactured almost all individual parts in his company. Compensation was requested on November 23, 1925 . Production ended in 1926 when the company went bankrupt . A total of over 240 vehicles were built.

vehicles

Between 1917 and 1919, Seilnacht produced a few examples of a cycle car . One of these vehicles won the 1st Baden Cyclecar race in 1920. One copy has been preserved and is in the Technical Museum in Vienna .

In 1920 the models 3/8 PS with a four-cylinder engine and 16 PS with a six-cylinder engine appeared . Both engine types had SV valve control . These vehicles were offered as two- and three-seater and had a pointed tail. One of these vehicles won a beauty award at the 1920 Olympia Motor Show in London . A total of around 200 four-cylinder models and 40 six-cylinder models were created.

As far as known, there is only one grille left. It is exhibited in the Oldtimer Museum Kröpfl in Hartberg .

motor race

On August 12, 1923, two vehicles took part in the IV. Filius-Fahrt in memory of the deceased co-founder of the "Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung", Adolf Schmal-Filius .

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i j k l m Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. a b c d e f g Seper, Krackowizer, Brusatti: Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today.
  4. ^ Seper, Pfundner, Lenz: Austrian automobile history.