Classic Reproductions

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Sandwood Automotive (1983–1984)
Classic Reproductions (1984)
legal form
founding 1983
resolution 1984
Seat Tamworth , Staffordshire
management Terry Sands
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Classic Reproductions , initially Sandwood Automotive , was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Terry Sands, who previously ran Muscle City , founded Sandwood Automotive in Birmingham in 1983 . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Sandwood . In 1984 it was renamed Classic Reproduction and moved to Tamworth in Staffordshire . Production ended in the same year. Sands founded Sheldonhurst in Tyseley near Birmingham with Bill Cook .

vehicles

The Californian appeared in 1983 and was supplemented by the Speedster in 1984 . These were replicas of the Porsche 356 . The basis was either the chassis of the VW Beetle with a rear engine or a self-developed chassis for the boxer engine of the Alfa Romeo Alfasud .

The Gofer (also known as the Gopher in literature ) was a dirt track racing car based on a VW Beetle that was available from 1983 to 1984.

The 1983 Scorpione GT was similar to the Avante from Avante Cars . This coupé also had the chassis with an Alfa Romeo engine.

Between 1983 and 1984 the company offered the XK 120 . This replica of the Jaguar XK 120 was initially an import from the USA based on a Ford Pinto . Later the vehicle had a ladder frame and many parts from the Jaguar XJ 6 .

The Bugatti Type 49 Replica , a replica of a Bugatti Type 49 , which was manufactured from 1983 to 1984 , remained a one-off .

In 1984 the Cobra , a replica of the AC Cobra, appeared . This model was an evolution of the Cobra from Sands' previous company, Muscle City. The four-cylinder engine came from the MG B .

The Mongoose , which came from the Muscle City era, was also reissued in 1984. It was inspired by a Ford Model T racing car from around 1927. The basis was a Ford Cortina . An open two-seater body was mounted on it.

literature

  • 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. 1411. (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. 175 and 223-224 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 1411. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g 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. 175 and 223-224 (English).