James, Talbot & Davison

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James, Talbot & Davison Ltd. was a British company.

Company history

Messrs. James, E. Talbot, and Davison previously worked for Adams & Company . They founded their joint company in Lowestoft and began developing an automobile. In 1914 the prototype was ready. In November 1919 a vehicle was presented at the Olympic Show . Series production ran from 1919 to 1920. The brand name was Zephyr . A total of four or five copies were made. The company still existed in the fishing industry after the Second World War .

vehicles

The only model was the 11.9 HP . A four-cylinder engine with OHV valve control and 1945 cm³ displacement was mounted in the front of the vehicle and drove the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The transmission had four gears. There was a choice of two and four-seater bodies. The price was £ 550 .

literature

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

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.