Bonito (make of car)

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Bonito was a British car brand.

Brand history

Alan Bradshaw and Hans Alma founded in 1981 ACM Limited in Poole in the county of Dorset . First, they imported kits of Fiberfab from Germany . A little later the move to Torpoint in Cornwall took place . This is where the company's own production of automobiles and kits began . The brand name was Bonito .

Graham Keane ran AED International . Its headquarters were either in Torpoint or in Bristol . It continued production from 1983 to 1984. This was followed by the Bonito Performance Center from Torpoint from 1984 to 1985.

Seraph Cars from Bristol under the direction of John Grossart took over the project in 1985, developed it further and continued production until 1987. He used the brand name Seraph . A total of about 63 copies were made.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. The chassis of the VW Beetle formed the basis . A coupé body was mounted on it. The vehicle was similar to the Ford GT 40 . The windshield came from the Ford P 6 and the rear window from the Opel Rekord .

AED also manufactured an open vehicle on this basis, which remained a one-off.

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 , pp. 180-181. (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. 41 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k 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 , pp. 180-181. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i 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. 41 (English).