Zip Cyclecar Company

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Zip Cyclecar Company
legal form Company
founding 1913
resolution 1914
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Davenport , Iowa , USA
management RW Phelps
Branch Automobiles

Zip Cyclecar Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1913 in Davenport , Iowa . The president was RW Phelps, who previously worked for the Moline Automobile Company . S. Decker French and Frank W. Skinner were also with the company. In October 1913 the production of automobiles was announced. The first prototype was tested in November . It was launched in the same year. The brand name was Zip . Production ended in 1914. In November 1914 it went bankrupt . A total of 123 vehicles were built. This made the company the most successful in the Iowa cycle car class.

vehicles

The first model was called the cycle car. However, like so many others from the USA, it did not meet the criteria. It had a air-cooled V-2 engine from Mack . 85.725 mm bore and 99.22002 mm stroke resulted in 1145 cm³ displacement . The capacity limit for cycle cars was 1100 cm³. The engine was specified with 10/14 hp . It drove the rear axle via a friction gear and belt. The chassis had a wheelbase of 234 cm and a track width of 102 cm . The roadster offered space for two people side by side.

In the summer of 1914, a commercial vehicle was announced on the same basis . It is unclear whether this came about.

The passenger car received a V4 engine with 63.5 mm bore, 101.6 mm stroke and 1287 cm³ displacement. The engine was specified with 10/16 hp.

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. 1582 (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. 1787 (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. 1582 (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. 1787 (English).