Zenith Carburettor Company (British)

Zenith Carburetter Company Limited
IndustryAutomotive manufacturing
Founded1912; 112 years ago (1912)
Headquarters
United Kingdom
ParentSociété du carburateur Zénith Edit this on Wikidata


Brass Zenith semi-updraught carburetter, 1925

The Zenith Carburetter Company Limited was a British company making carburettors in Stanmore Middlesex, founded in 1912 as a subsidiary of the French Société du carburateur Zénith.[1] In 1965,[2] the company joined with its major pre-war rival Solex Carburettors, and over time, the Zenith brand name fell into disuse. The rights to the Zenith designs were owned by Solex UK (a daughter company of Solex in France).

While better known for its much later products, Zenith produced carburettors that were standard equipment on some very early, brass era automobiles, including the Scripps-Booth.

  1. ^ Harold George Castle (1950). Britain's Motor Industry. Clerke & Cockeran. p. 146.
  2. ^ Zenith Carburettor Prospects. The Times, Monday, 26 April 1965; pg. 16; Issue 56305