Bill Badsey

Bill Badsey
legal form
founding	1979
resolution	1983
Seat	South Africa
management	William John Badsey
Branch	Motor vehicles

Bill Badsey was an automobile manufacturer from South Africa .

Company history

The South African William John Badsey (* January 7, 1940 - February 19, 2001), or Bill Badsey for short , founded the company of the same name in 1979 and began manufacturing three-wheeled automobiles in 1981 . The brand name was Badsey . Production ended here in 1983. Already on September 8, 1982, he had in Ventura in the US state California Bill Badsey Racing USA founded. There he continued production.

vehicles

Badsey manufactured the Badsey Bullet from 1981, first in South Africa and from 1983 in the USA. This was a tricycle with a rear single wheel. In 1983 or around 1998 this model was discontinued. Eight vehicles were built from this. The Unique Vehicle & Accessory Company from England offered the model as a kit and as a complete vehicle in England from 1982, but did not sell anything.

literature

George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 126. (English)
Chris Rees : Three Wheelers A – Z. The definitive encyclopedia of three-wheeled vehicles from 1940 to date. Quiller Print, Croydon 2013, ISBN 978-0-9926651-0-4 , p. 31. (English)
Elvis Payne: The AZ of Three-Wheelers. A definitive reference guide. Nostalgia Road, Manchester 2013, ISBN 9781908-347169 , pp. 27-28. (English)

Web links

d'Auto (Dutch, accessed June 12, 2016)
Report on William John Badsey on the occasion of his death ( Memento from October 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 126. (English)
↑ Allcarindex (accessed June 12, 2016)
↑ www.californiacompanieslist.com (accessed June 12, 2016)
↑ www.perfectleads.com (accessed June 12, 2016)
↑ www.ishcc.com (accessed June 12, 2016)
^ ^A ^b Elvis Payne: The AZ of Three-Wheelers. A definitive reference guide. Nostalgia Road, Manchester 2013, ISBN 9781908-347169 , pp. 27-28. (English)
↑ ^a ^b ^c Chris Rees: Three Wheelers A – Z. The definitive encyclopedia of three-wheeled vehicles from 1940 to date. Quiller Print, Croydon 2013, ISBN 978-0-9926651-0-4 , p. 31. (English)

[Beaulieu-1] George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 126. (English)

[Allcarindex-2] Allcarindex (accessed June 12, 2016)

[3] www.californiacompanieslist.com (accessed June 12, 2016)

[4] www.perfectleads.com (accessed June 12, 2016)

[5] www.ishcc.com (accessed June 12, 2016)

[Payne-6] A ^b Elvis Payne: The AZ of Three-Wheelers. A definitive reference guide. Nostalgia Road, Manchester 2013, ISBN 9781908-347169 , pp. 27-28. (English)

[Rees-7] Chris Rees: Three Wheelers A – Z. The definitive encyclopedia of three-wheeled vehicles from 1940 to date. Quiller Print, Croydon 2013, ISBN 978-0-9926651-0-4 , p. 31. (English)