Custom Classics

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Custom Classics
legal form
founding 1983
resolution 1989
Seat Madison , South Dakota , USA
management Lyle Mader
Branch Automobiles

Custom Classics was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was initially based in Bellflower , California . In 1983 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Magnum . Lyle Mader later took over the company and relocated to Madison , South Dakota . Production ended in 1989.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It was largely identical to the Kelmark GT from Kelmark Engineering , which in turn was inspired by the Ferrari Dino 246 . The front design, the front trunk and the doors differed. Many vehicles had the chassis of the Volkswagen Beetle and a rotary engine from Mazda . Some versions had a different steel chassis designed to accommodate a mid-engine . Various Mazda or V6 engines powered these vehicles. They had disc brakes on all four wheels. According to the company, the V6 engine came from General Motors .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 942. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d Allcarindex (English, accessed on April 2, 2017)
  3. ↑ a b d'Auto (Dutch, accessed April 2, 2017)
  4. ↑ Advertisement by the company (accessed on April 2, 2017)