Bradley Motor Company

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Bradley Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1990
resolution 1994
Seat Whalley , Lancashire , United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
management Tony Place
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Bradley Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1990 Tony Place founded the company in Whalley in the county of Lancashire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Bradley . Production ended in 1994. Thor Conversion Services from Blackburn continued production until 1996 while retaining the brand name.

vehicles

One model was the S 61 . This was a 1950s-style flat two-seater roadster that resembled the vehicles used by Ashley Laminates and Falcon Cars at the time . The basis was a spaceframe chassis. Initially, many parts from the Ford Ten or the Vauxhall Viva were used, later from the second generation Ford Escort . In November 1995 the price for a kit was £ 2702 including VAT . About two copies of this model were made.

In addition, a model with steel frame in the range, which for receiving a standing V8 engine from Rover was suitable.

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. 188. (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. 42 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. 188. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d 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. 42 (English).