Broomstick Cars

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Broomstick Cars Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1972
Seat Leighton Buzzard , Bedfordshire
management Michael Moore
Branch automobile
Website www.broomstickcars.co.uk

Broomstick Cars Limited is a British company in the automotive and former automobile manufacturer .

Company history

Michael Moore founded the company in 1972 in Leighton Buzzard in the county of Bedfordshire . He began selling spare parts for Jaguar Cars vehicles . In 1993 the production of automobiles and kits was added. The brand name was Broomstick . Production ended in 1999. A total of 36 copies were made. The company is still active.

vehicles

The only model was the BS 120 . This was the replica of the Jaguar XK 120 . A ladder frame formed the basis. A fiberglass body was mounted on top. Many parts came from Jaguar.

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. 201. (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. 44 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. 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. 201. (English)
  2. 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. 44 (English).