Arkley Sportscars

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Arkley Engineering Ltd. (John Britten Garages)
Arkley Sportscars (Peter May Engineering)
legal form Limited
founding 1970
Seat Halesowen , UK
Branch Automotive industry

Arkley

Arkley Sportscars , previously Arkley Engineering , is a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

John Britten (1931–2009) founded Arkley Engineering (John Britten Garages Ltd) in 1970 . The company's headquarters were on Barnet Road in Arkley in the London Borough of Barnet . The production of automobiles and kit cars began. The brand name is Arkley . In 1987 Arkley Sportscars (Peter May Engineering) from Halesowen took over production. Around 1000 copies were made by 1987, and around 100 since then.

vehicles

The offer is an open two-seater. The chassis of the MG Midget forms the basis . Usually a four-cylinder , 1275 cc engine powers the vehicle, but any other engine that was available in the Midget or Austin-Healey Sprite is also possible . The S and SS models differ only slightly in the size of the wheel arches.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Arkley.
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 71 (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. 27 (English).

Web links

Commons : Arkley Sportscars  - Collection of pictures, 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 Arkley.
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 71 (English).
  3. ^ A b 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. 27 (English).