Cambridge Engineering

Cambridge Engineering
legal form
founding	1934
resolution	1967
Seat	Kew , London
management	Derek Thomas, Jack Brown
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Cambridge Engineering was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Bill Williams (1903–1964) founded the company in 1934. The seat was on Cambridge Road in the London borough of Kew . At first it was about tuning and spare parts. In 1958 the production of automobiles and kits began under the direction of Derek Thomas and Jack Brown . The brand name was Cambridge . In 1962 Speedex Castings & Accessories was taken over. Production ended in 1967. A total of about 150 copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was an open two-seater with some resemblance to MG models . The chassis of the Austin 7 formed the basis. Its four-cylinder engine powered the vehicle.

The Chippenham auction house auctioned a vehicle for £ 2,300 on April 17, 2010 .

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. 49 (English).

Web links

• Allcarindex (accessed December 12, 2014)
• Ford Special Vehicles: Cambridge (accessed December 12, 2014)
• Martyn L. Nutland via Cambridge (accessed December 17, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} 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. 49 (English).
2. ↑ Chris Rees : British Specialist Cars. Postwar low-volume production cars and kit cars . Windrow & Greene, London 1993, ISBN 1-872004-22-9 , pp. 149 (English).
3. ↑ Auction (English, accessed December 17, 2014)