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{{Use British English|date=November 2016}}

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| designer = Harold Birdsall Bullingham

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The car had an air-cooled 8&nbsp;hp V-twin cylinder [[Chater-Lea]] engine<ref name=BritishCars>{{cite book|last=Culshaw |author2=Horrobin |title=Complete Catalogue of British Cars |year=1974 |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |isbn=0-333-16689-2}}</ref> driving the rear wheels through a two speed transmission with top gear being direct and the lower gear a chain reduction system. Reverse gear was obtained by diverting the drive through two friction wheels, one on the front of the [[Drive shaft|propeller shaft]] and a larger one connected to the low gear [[Jackshaft|countershaft]] in the transmission. 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.

 

 

A top speed of {{Convert|45|mph|kph|0|abbr=on}} was claimed in Zendik's own advertising and was backed up in a road test published in The Cyclemotor magazine in March 1913.