Custom glass fiber

Custom glass fiber
legal form
founding	1976
resolution	1980
Seat	Okehampton , Devon
management	Tom Pawley
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Custom Glassfibre was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1976 Tom Pawley founded the company in Okehampton in the county of Devon . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Custom Glassfibre . Production ended in 1980. A total of about 105 copies were made.

vehicles

C-Cab

This model was previously made by Ray's Rods . It was a hot rod based on the Ford Model T . About 30 copies were made of this.

Ford Pop

Fiberglass Applications from Westbury this model manufactured since 1975. Custom Glass Fiber took over 1978 production. Quality Rod Parts from Hove made the chassis . The suspension came from Jaguar Cars . A body made of glass fiber reinforced plastic was mounted on top. Outwardly, the vehicle resembled a Ford Popular from 1953. About 75 copies were made of this model.

literature

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. 64 (English).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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. 64 (English).
↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X , p. 81. (English)

[Kit_Cars-1] 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. 64 (English).

[Registry-2] Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X , p. 81. (English)