Bocar Manufacturing
The Bocar Manufacturing Company was an American automobile manufacturer.
description
The Denver , Colorado company manufactured automobiles between 1958 and 1962 under the direction of Bob Carnes . The brand name was Bocar . A fire destroyed the plant in 1962.
Models
In 1958 the model appeared XP-4 , a supercar with tubular frame chassis and two-seat fiberglass - Roadster -Karosserie. The wheelbase was 2286 mm. The base engine was a V8 engine from the Chevrolet Corvette with a displacement of 4638 cm³ . Upon request, a Pontiac V8 engine with a displacement of 6063 cc could also be installed.
In 1959, the XP-5 model replaced the XP-4. Its wheelbase had grown to 2311 mm and there was only the Corvette engine with a displacement of 4.6 l, whose output was 315 bhp (232 kW). The selling price was US $ 8,700.
In 1960 the XP-5 was joined by the XP-6 . The wheelbase had grown again compared to the previous models, to 2642 mm. The Corvette engine had a compressor and its output grew to 400 bhp (294 kW) with the same displacement. The car cost US $ 11,700.
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Bocar.
- 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. 178. (English)
- John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975 . Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bocar XP-5 - the American Cobra forerunner from the backyard garage Article with many pictures on Zwischengas.com (last accessed July 26, 2016)