Zent Automobile Manufacturing Company

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Zent Automobile Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution 1907
Seat Bellefontaine , Ohio , USA
management Schuyler W. Zent
Branch Automobiles

Zent Automobile Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Schuyler W. Zent had already gained experience in automobile construction with Zent and the Single Center Spring Company . In October 1904 he founded the new company in Bellefontaine , Ohio . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Zent . Production ended in 1906.

The Bellefontaine Automobile Company followed in 1907 .

vehicles

In 1905 there was only the 18 HP . It had a three-cylinder engine with 18 hp . It was mounted in the front of the vehicle and drove the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The chassis had a 229 cm wheelbase . The only structure was an open touring car with five seats.

In 1906 this model remained unchanged. The 14 HP was the entry-level model. It had a two-cylinder engine with 14 HP output. The wheelbase was 203 cm. The body was a runabout with two seats. The 35 HP was the top model. The four-cylinder engine developed 35 hp. The wheelbase measured 254 cm. The touring car had space for five people.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1905 18 HP 3 18th 229 5-seater touring car
1906 14 HP 2 14th 203 Runabout 2-seater
1906 18 HP 3 18th 229 5-seater touring car
1906 35 HP 4th 35 254 5-seater touring car

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1581 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1784 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1581 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1784 (English).