Cox & Co.

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Cox & Co. (Manchester) Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1967
resolution 1971
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Hazel Grove , United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
management Bernard Cox
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Cox & Co. was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Bernard Cox founded the company in Hazel Grove in 1967 and began producing automobiles designed by Jack Hosker. The brand name was Cox . Production ended in 1971 when the company went bankrupt. A total of about 55 copies were made. Other sources give the production period as 1966 to 1968 or 1966 to 1969. GTM continued production under its own brand name.

vehicles

The only model was the Grand Touring Mini or Grand Touring Mid-Engine , GTM for short . A chassis made of steel formed the basis. There were modified subframes from the Mini at the front and rear . The four-cylinder engine of the Mini was mounted in a mid-engine design behind the seats. The coupé offered space for two people.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Cox.
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 652. (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. 114 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Cox.
  2. ↑ a b c George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 652. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c 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. 114 (English).
  4. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed December 12, 2014)