Bilmar engineering

Bilmar engineering
legal form
founding	1971
resolution	1972
Seat	Portland , Isle of Portland , Dorset
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Bilmar Engineering was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Based in Portland on the Isle of Portland in Dorset , the company began producing automobiles and kits in 1971 . The brand name was Bilmar . Production ended in 1972. Depending on the source, a total of about ten or exactly eleven copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the Buccaneer . The vehicle was similar to the Lotus Seven , but larger. A body partly made of aluminum was mounted on a spaceframe . A four-cylinder engine from the Triumph Spitfire powered the vehicle. The rear axle came from the Ford Corsair .

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. 165. (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. 38 (English).

Web links

Allcarindex (accessed January 6, 2015)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b 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. 165. (English)
^ ^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. 38 (English).

[Beaulieu-1] A ^b 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. 165. (English)

[Kit_Cars-2] 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. 38 (English).