Autokit Industries

Autokit Industries
legal form
founding	1970
resolution	1980
Seat	Oakland , California , USA
management	Bruce Weeks
Branch	Automobiles

Autokit Industries was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Bruce Weeks, a student, founded the company in Oakland , California in 1970 . He started producing automobiles and kit cars . The brand name was Invader . In 1973 there was a license production in Spain by Tecnipol from Torrejón de Ardoz . Production ended in 1980 or 1985.

Kaylor Energy Products continued production from 1980.

vehicles

Flat sports cars were on offer . They were based on a chassis from the VW Beetle . The vehicles were powered by an air-cooled four - cylinder boxer engine . The closed body was made of plastic and was somewhat similar to the Ferrari Dino 246 . The double doors of plexiglass were removable.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Invader.
• 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. 759. (English)

Web links

• Geoffrey Hacker: The 1975 Invader GT5 Brochure by Autokit Industries - Thanks Jim Fox! On www.forgottenfiberglass.com from October 2, 2014. (English)
• www.fiberclassics.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Invader.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 759. (English)
3. ↑ Allcarindex on Spanish license production (English, accessed on March 12, 2017)
4. ^ D'Auto (Dutch, accessed March 12, 2017)
5. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on March 12, 2017)