Caburn Engineering

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Caburn Engineering Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1997
Seat Haywards Heath , West Sussex
management
  • Andrew Michael Hitchings
  • David Hitchings
Branch Automobiles
Website www.caburn.demon.co.uk

Caburn Hurricane
Caburn Hurricane

Caburn Engineering Limited is a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Andrew Michael Hitchings and his father David Hitchings began producing automobiles and kits in 1995 . They founded the company on April 18, 1997 in Haywards Heath in West Sussex . The brand name is u. a. Caburn .

vehicles

The first and best-selling model is the Caburn Hurricane , which has been available since 1995. The model was previously sold by various manufacturers under the Vincent brand and the model name Hurricane . This is a roadster . The basis is a chassis from Triumph . Triumph Spitfire with a four-cylinder engine and Triumph GT 6 with a six-cylinder engine come into question . A total of around 65 vehicles of this model have been built so far.

In 2007 Caburn Engineering presented the Caburn Roadster . IPS Developments originally manufactured the model from 1992 to 1995 and offered it as the Hadleigh Sprint . The vehicle resembles models from Morgan . The basis is a space frame with panels made of aluminum . Motors from the Ford Sierra drive the vehicles. In total, the two manufacturers have so far produced around six vehicles.

Since 2009 Caburn Engineering has tried the new edition of the Teal Type 59 , which was manufactured by Teal Cars until 1997 . This is a replica of the Bugatti Type 59 .

The Caburn GP 57 appeared in 2010. The design was originally from Brooke Cars and was offered as Brooke 245 between 1991 and 1993 . The racing car is available as a single-seater and tandem-seater. Brooke Cars and Caburn Engineering have produced a total of around four copies so far.

In the same year, Caburn Engineering took over the Elysee project , which Gemini Cars had previously manufactured from 1991 to 1999 and JB Sportscars from 1999 to 2001 and sold under the Elysee brand . Caburn Engineering developed a new chassis that can accommodate engines from the Ford Sierra. The open body is similar to the Lotus Elan . A total of around 20 copies have been made by the three manufacturers so far.

literature

  • 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, 85, 116, 250 and 268 (English).

Web links

Commons : Caburn Engineering  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 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, 85, 116, 250 and 268 (English).
  2. ↑ opencorporates.com (accessed September 1, 2015)