Dante engineering

Robin's Sporting Motorist Agency ; Dante Engineering Company Limited
legal form	Limited
founding	1956
resolution	1959
Reason for dissolution	liquidation
Seat	Luton , Bedfordshire
management	Robin Read
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Dante Engineering Company Limited , previously Robin's Sporting Motorist Agency , was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Robin Read founded the company in Luton in 1956 as a tuning company . In 1957 the production of automobiles and kits began . The brand name was Dante . Jem Marsh was one of the vendors. Production ended in May 1959 when the company went into liquidation . A total of about 60 copies were made. Robin Read later worked for Lotus Cars .

vehicles

The base of the vehicles was a chassis from the Austin 7 . An aluminum body was mounted on top. The models Basis , Sprint and Clubman were available .

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. 65 (English).

Web links

Allcarindex (accessed December 18, 2014)
Ford special vehicles: Dante (accessed December 12, 2014)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b 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. 65 (English).
↑ Chris Rees : British Specialist Cars. Postwar low-volume production cars and kit cars . Windrow & Greene, London 1993, ISBN 1-872004-22-9 , pp. 153 (English).

[Kit_Cars-1] A ^b 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. 65 (English).

[British_Specialist_Cars-2] Chris Rees : British Specialist Cars. Postwar low-volume production cars and kit cars . Windrow & Greene, London 1993, ISBN 1-872004-22-9 , pp. 153 (English).