CV Shapecraft

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CV Shapecraft
legal form
founding 1983
resolution 1991
Seat Northampton , Northamptonshire
management Clive Smart
Branch Automobile manufacturer

CV Shapecraft was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Clive Smart, who previously for Panther Westwinds worked, in 1983 founded the company in Leatherhead in the county of Surrey . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand names were Shapecraft and Birchfield . Later the move to Northampton in Northamptonshire took place . Production ended in 1991. A total of about 50 copies were made.

Car Craft Clinic from St Austell in Cornwall continued production of the Birchfield from 1991 to 1995 while maintaining the brand name.

vehicles

Brand name Shapecraft

The first model was the Elan . The vehicle was similar to the Lotus Elan . The rear of the coupé was shaped differently and was made of aluminum . About 20 copies were made between 1983 and 1985.

From 1984 the SR was also part of the range. It was an open racing car. One source sees a similarity to the Lotus 15 , another to the Lotus 23 . A spaceframe chassis formed the basis. The specially designed suspension had some parts from Ford . The body was made of fiberglass . About eleven copies were made by 1988. Noble Automotive took over the project.

Brand name Birchfield

The only model was the Sports . This was a roadster in the style of the 1930s, visually independent, with a certain similarity to the SS 100 or the Panther J 72 . The designer was Nick Topping. The basis was a spaceframe chassis. A hand-molded aluminum body was mounted on top. A six-cylinder engine from the Jaguar XJ 6 powered the vehicle. It was the most expensive kit car on the UK market. A total of about 22 copies were made.

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. 166. (English)
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1440. (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. 39 and 228-229 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e 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. 166. (English)
  2. ^ A b c d George Nick Georgano (editor-in-chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1440. (English)
  3. 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. 39 and 228-229 (English).