DRK kits

DRK kits
legal form
founding	1984
resolution	1998
Seat	Ellesmere Port
management	Derek Roscoe, Robert Callister
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

DRK Kits was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Derek Roscoe and Robert Callister founded the company in Ellesmere Port in 1984 . Keith Hamer was also involved. In 1984 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was DRK , derived from the initials of the three first names. Production ended in 1998. A total of about 59 vehicles were built.

vehicles

Kit cars were on offer . They were tricycles with a single rear wheel. A hardwood frame and several layers of plywood encased in aluminum formed the base. It was intended to accommodate four-cylinder engines from Renault 4 and Renault 6 , and later also from Renault 5 . An open, two-seater body was mounted on it.

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 . (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 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
2. Jump up ↑ Get: AZ of Kit Cars.