Bangert Enterprises

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Bangert Enterprises was an American automobile manufacturer.

description

Noel Bangert founded the company in California in 1954 . Los Angeles and Hollywood are given as the seat . The brand name was Bangert . John Treverbaugh took over the designs in 1959 and handed them over to Tom Bednar in 1960. Production ended in 1963.

vehicles

The Bangert Sports Car was a kit car with a fiberglass body inspired by the contemporary Chevrolet Corvette . The kit was designed for wheelbases from 2438 mm to 2642 mm. Chassis, drive and motor varied depending on customer requirements and the donor vehicle.

Most commonly, was Cadillac - V8 engine with 5424 cc engine capacity used, the 250 bhp (184 kW) at 4,600 min -1 delivered. The kit cost US $ 495.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Bangert.
  2. ^ A b c d e George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 131. (English)