Zendik

The footbrake operated on the rear wheels with internal expanding shoes and the handbrake controlled a leather faced band contracting onto the main drive shaft. The final drive to the rear axle used a worm drive reduction system. The chassis was wood with metal reinforcing and semi-elliptic springs were fitted to front and rear axles. Wire spoked wheels with 26 x 2.5 tyres were fitted. The car was provided with two-seat coachwork with a dummy radiator with a Zendik script across it. The body changed little throughout the life of the company. An updated version was announced in 1913 but probably never reached production. At least one chassis was fitted with a van body and supplied to Gaydon & Sons, a Kingston-based clockmaker. A top speed of 45 mph was claimed in Zendik's own advertising and was backed up in a road test published in The Cyclemotor magazine in March 1913. The car was sold for £110 with a hood and windscreen available for an extra £10. It is not known how many Zendiks were made but the premises seem to have been very small and the company had a nominal capital of only £3000. They did however have a telephone installed, not particularly common in 1912. The end came in December 1913 when the company seems to have run out of money and at an Extraordinary General Meeting a liquidator was appointed. The company was wound up in June 1914.

• Name — Zendik • Manufacturer — Zendik Cars, Thames street, Kingston upon Thames • Production — 1912–1913 • Class — Cyclecar • Body Style — two seat open • Engine — V-twin Chater-Lea • Transmission — 2-speed manual • Weight — 700 lb • Designer — Harold Birdsall Bullingham