CAR Manufacturers

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CAR Manufacturers Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1981
resolution 1991
Seat Babylon , New York , USA
Branch Automobiles

CAR Manufacturers Ltd. was an American manufacturer of automobiles . CAR stood for Classic Auto Reproductions .

Company history

The company was founded on September 10, 1981 in Babylon , New York . In 1982 the production of automobiles and kit cars began . The brand name was CAR . Production ended in 1984. On September 25, 1991 the company was dissolved.

vehicles

Replicas of historic Ford vehicles were on offer . The Special A was similar to the Ford Model A from 1929 and was available as both a Roadster and a Phaeton . The engine and drive train came either from the Ford Pinto or the Ford Mustang II .

The technically identical Special T was based on the Ford Thunderbird from 1957. One source names four-cylinder engines , V6 engines and V8 engines with 4736 cm³ and 4942 cm³ displacement .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter CAR (V).
  2. ^ A b c d e George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 246. (English)
  3. ↑ a b opencorporates (English, accessed on March 4, 2017)
  4. ↑ d'Auto ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Dutch, accessed March 4, 2017) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deautogids.nl
  5. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on March 4, 2017)