Továrna automobilů start

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Petrášek a Věchet, Továrna motorových automatů (1919–1922)
František Petrášek a spol. (1922–1924)
Ing.Fr. Petrášek, Továrna automobilů Start (1924–1931)
legal form
founding 1919
resolution 1931
Seat Hradec Králové , Czechoslovakia
management František Petrásek
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Ing.Mr. Petrášek, Továrna automobilů Start , previously Petrášek a Věchet, Továrna motorových automatů and František Petrášek a spol. Was a Czechoslovakian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

František Petrášek (1877–1932) and Vojmír Věchet founded the company Petrášek a Věchet, Továrna motorových automatů in Kukleny in 1919 and began developing automobiles. The brand name should be PAV or Petrá . When the vehicles were first presented at the Prague Motor Show in 1921, the brand name was Start . In 1922 the name was changed to František Petrášek a spol. and the move to Hradec Králové . From 1924 the company was Ing. Fr. Petrášek, Továrna automobilů Start . Production ended in 1931. In 1932, 158 passenger cars and 24 delivery vans of this brand were registered in Czechoslovakia.

vehicles

The first model was the B . It corresponded to a model by Továrna Automobilů Perfect . A water-cooled V2 engine with 1106 cm³ displacement provided the drive . The C had a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1460 cm³ and an output of 20 hp . The body offered space for four people. Both models had a ladder frame, rigid axles , a three-speed gearbox and aluminum pistons in the engine. The vehicles were offered as limousines , taxis and light delivery vans . An improved version of the C followed in 1926 .

Also in 1926 the D 2 Baby added to the range. An air-cooled two-cylinder engine with 815 cm³ displacement provided the drive. There was a choice of open and closed two, three and four-seaters.

The E 4 appeared in autumn 1928. A water-cooled four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1453 cm³ and an output of 24 hp propelled the vehicle. In 1929 a model with an air-cooled four-cylinder engine with 1000 cc displacement was presented as a prototype at the Prague Motor Show.

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)
  • Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Encyclopedie automobilů. České a slovenské osobní automobily od roku 1815 do současnosti. Computer Press, Brno 2007, ISBN 978-80-251-1587-9 . (Czech)

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. ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.