Custom Design Associates

Custom Design Associates
legal form
founding	1984
resolution	1990
Seat	Tacoma , Washington , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Custom Design Associates was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1984 in Tacoma , Washington state. A source names San José in California as the second location . The production of automobiles and kit cars began. The brand name was Custom Design Associates . Production ended in 1990.

vehicles

One model was based on the Ford Pinto and was similar to the Ferrari 308 GTB. The body was made of fiberglass . The 286 GTF version had a V6 engine from Ford with a displacement of 2800 cm³ . The 508 GTF was powered by a Ford V8 engine.

A source also mentions the 1985 replica of a Lotus Seven with the engine from the Ford Pinto.

In addition, Pinto engines were assembled in Lotus Europe .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Custom Design Associates.
• 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)

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 Custom Design Associates.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} 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)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Allcarindex (English, accessed on March 4, 2017)
4. ↑ d'Auto ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Dutch, accessed March 4, 2017)