Custom Cloud Motors

Custom Cloud Motors Inc.
legal form	Inc.
founding	1975
resolution	1978
Seat	Miami , Florida , USA
management	Jon Tedesco
Branch	Automobiles

Custom Cloud from 1975

Side view

The front with the large radiator grille was modeled on a Rolls-Royce

Custom Cloud Motors was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Jon Tedesco founded the company on October 14, 1975 in Miami , Florida . Leonard Borger was his partner. They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was initially Custom Cloud . Diana Marks from England bought the first car. After losing a lawsuit with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars , the brand name changed to Classic Coach . Borger then got out. The company names Standard Motors Inc. from Miami and Classic Coach Motors have also been handed down for the subsequent period .

On March 24, 1978, United Auto Sales Inc. of Grand Island , Nebraska announced that it had taken over the company and continued to operate it as Classic Coach Motors, a Division of United Auto Sales Inc.

Production ended in 1979.

vehicles

The only model was based on the Chevrolet Monte Carlo from 1973-1976. The large radiator grille and hood ornament , which resembled Rolls-Royce vehicles, were striking. After the litigation, these elements were changed. The two-door coupé initially has no rear side windows. Parts of the body were made of fiberglass .

A vehicle stands in the Isle of Man Motor Museum in Jurby on the Isle of Man .

literature

• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 360. (English)

Web links

Commons : Custom Cloud Motors  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d} George Nick Georgano (editor-in-chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 360. (English)
2. ↑ opencorporates (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
3. ↑ d'Auto to Custom Cloud  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Dutch, accessed February 18, 2017)  
4. ↑ ^{a b c} The history of the Custom Cloud (accessed on February 18, 2017)
5. ↑ ^{a b} d'Auto to Classic Coach  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Dutch, accessed February 18, 2017)  
6. ↑ Takeover by United Auto Sales in 1978 (accessed February 18, 2017)