Buckle Motors

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Buckle Motors Pty Ltd
legal form Pty Ltd
founding 1955
resolution 1966
Seat Sydney , Australia
management Bill Buckle
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Buckle GT Tourer
Goggomobil limousine. The rear air inlets differ from the German original.
Goggomobil darts
Goggomobil Carryall

Buckle Motors Pty Ltd was an Australian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Bill Buckle founded the company in Sydney in 1955 and began manufacturing automobiles. The brand names were Buckle and Goggomobil . Production ended in 1966.

vehicles

Brand name Buckle

In 1955 a roadster was created that remained a one-off. The six-cylinder engine came from the Ford Zephyr . In 1957, the Buckle GT Tourer was a coupé that went into series production. Again many parts came from the Ford Zephyr, including the engine with a displacement of 2500 cm³. The wheelbase was 2387 mm. Around 20 vehicles were built by 1961. A Buckle Mini-Monaco based on Mini has been handed down for 1966 .

Brand name Goggomobil

Between 1958 and 1962, the company purchased floor assemblies for the Goggomobil from Hans Glas GmbH in Germany. A slightly modified body made of fiberglass instead of the original metal body reduced the curb weight by 45.5 kg.

In 1959 the dart appeared on the same basis . This was a roadster with no doors. The vehicle weighed only 380 kg.

In 1960 a coupe called the TS 400 added to the range. A convertible and a van named Carryall followed. All of these models also had a fiberglass body.

Around 5,000 vehicles were built by 1962, including around 700 darts.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Buckle and Dart (IV).
  • 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. 208-209. (English)
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 635. (English)

Web links

Commons : Buckle Motors  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Buckle and Dart (IV).
  2. ^ A b c d George Nick Georgano (editor-in-chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 208-209. (English)
  3. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 635. (English)