Blackjack Cars
Blackjack Cars | |
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founding | 1996 |
Seat | Helston , Cornwall |
management | Richard Oakes |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Blackjack Cars is a British manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
1996 Richard Oakes founded the company in Helston in the county of Cornwall . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name is Blackjack . A total of about 85 copies have been made so far.
vehicles
The first model was the Avion . This was a tricycle with a rear single wheel. A tubular steel frame formed the base. A two-cylinder engine from the Citroën 2 CV powered the vehicle. The open, doorless body offered space for two people. Around 70 copies were made by 2005.
The Zero has been on offer since 2005 . It has a similar structure, but has a more powerful engine. At first it was an air-cooled four - cylinder boxer engine from the VW Beetle and since 2008 a motorcycle engine from Moto Guzzi .
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Blackjack.
- 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. 168. (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. 40 (English).
Web links
- Blackjack Zero (English)
- 3wheelers.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Blackjack.
- ↑ 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. 168. (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. 40 (English).