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Adams Probe Motor Company
legal form
founding 1968 or 1969
resolution 1970
Seat Bradford-on-Avon , Wiltshire , United Kingdom
management Dennis Adams, Peter Adams
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Adams Probe Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The brothers Dennis and Peter Adams, previously of Marcos Engineering worked, founded in 1968 or 1969, the company in Bradford-on-Avon in the county of Wiltshire . They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name was Probe . Production ended in 1970.

From 1970 to 1971 WT Nugent Limited and WT Nugent (Engineering) Limited from Ayr continued production while maintaining the brand name. This company first produced in Bradford-on-Avon and later in Ayr. This was followed by Caledonian Probe Motor Company from Irvine in Ayrshire, Scotland, from 1971 to 1972 or only 1972. According to a source, this company only took over the rights, but produced nothing. In 1972, Probe Limited from Edinburgh was the last manufacturer. A total of around 20 vehicles were built.

vehicles

Sample 15

The first model was initially called Design Probe Number 15 , but quickly abbreviated to Probe 15 . The small height of 73.6 cm (29 inches ) was striking . The roof of the coupé could be pushed back to get in and out. According to a source one had four-cylinder engine from the Hillman Imp with 875 cc displacement mounted in the rear. Another source mentions a four-cylinder, 1,800 cc engine from the British Motor Corporation in a mid-engined design . The base was a monocoque made of wood . A fiberglass body was mounted on top. There were requests for series production. The concept was too extreme for that. The vehicle remained a one-off. Today, it still exists and carries the British Mark LJO 948 G .

Sample 16

Sample 16

Sample 16 followed in 1969 , sponsored by Daily Telegraph Magazine . At 34 inches (86.3 cm), it was a bit taller and a bit longer. The seats and roof automatically slide back when the key is turned in the door lock to facilitate access. The windshield was curved. The vehicles were powered by a tuned engine from BMC. By 1970 three or four vehicles were built.

Revised versions were available from Concept Developments as Centaur between 1974 and 1978 and from Mirage Developments between 1978 and 1982, later MR Developments as Pulsar .

Sample 2001

This model appeared in 1970. It was 94 cm (37 inches) high and about 10 cm (4 inches) longer than the previous model. Now there were double doors , whereby the sliding roof was taken over. The rear was changed and the trunk enlarged. Of this model, about four vehicles were made by Adams Probe Motor and about twelve by WT Nugent.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter sample; Adam's trial.
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1269-1270. (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. 199 (English).
  • Chris Rees : British Specialist Cars. Postwar low-volume production cars and kit cars . Windrow & Greene, London 1993, ISBN 1-872004-22-9 , pp. 80-81 (English).
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 . (English)

Web links

Commons : Adams Probe Motor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter sample; Adam's trial.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1269-1270. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g 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. 199 (English).