Griffon Motors

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Griffon Motors
legal form
founding 1985
resolution 1989
Seat Underwood , Nottinghamshire
management Barrie Comery, John Todkill
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Griffon Motors was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Barrie Comery, who previously for Spartan Cars worked, and John Todkill founded in 1985, the company in Underwood in the county of Nottinghamshire . They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name was Griffon . Production ended in 1989. A total of about 120 copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the 110 Delux . It was a 1930s-style roadster , according to a source with a resemblance to the Merlin . A ladder frame formed the basis. An open body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. The four-cylinder engine usually came from the Vauxhall Viva , in exceptional cases from Ford . A four-seat version was at least planned.

literature

  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 650. (English)
  • Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , pp. 111 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d George Nick Georgano (editor-in-chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 650. (English)
  2. ↑ Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , pp. 111 (English).