BM Car Things

BM Car Things
legal form
founding	1971
resolution	1972
Seat	Basingstoke , Hampshire
management	Mick Mahoney
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

BM Car Things was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1971 Mick Mahoney founded the company in Basingstoke in the county of Hampshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was BM . Production ended in 1972. A total of about 36 copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the buggy . This was a VW buggy that was similar to GP's buggies . However, the rear was designed differently. The chassis of the VW Beetle formed the basis . There was a choice of kits for a shortened chassis for 95 pounds and for a full chassis for 105 pounds. 80 colors were available. Metallic paint was an extra £ 10. Complete vehicles were available from £ 395.

literature

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. 40 (English).

Individual evidence

^ ^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. 40 (English).
↑ Chris Rees : British Specialist Cars. Postwar low-volume production cars and kit cars . Windrow & Greene, London 1993, ISBN 1-872004-22-9 , pp. 147 (English).

[Kit_Cars-1] 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. 40 (English).

[British_Specialist_Cars-2] Chris Rees : British Specialist Cars. Postwar low-volume production cars and kit cars . Windrow & Greene, London 1993, ISBN 1-872004-22-9 , pp. 147 (English).