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Dart Engineering cc was a South African automobile manufacturer founded by Les Hayden in 1996 .

description

In 1984, Hayden made his first replica of an AC Cobra . According to their own statements, several hundred right-hand and left-hand drive vehicles were created by Hayden and a licensee over the next few years. In 1996, Hayden founded Dart Engineering cc in Cape Town , which offered two models. Production ended in 2003.

Models

With the Hayden 427 , the company continued to offer a Cobra replica. The vehicle was available with a V8 engine from Ford or Chevrolet and with a manual or automatic transmission. The vehicles had a wheelbase of 231 cm and weighed around 1200 kg.

The second model was the Hayden Dart , a replica of the GSM Dart manufactured by Glass Sports Motor from 1997 or 1998 . The vehicle had been technically modernized compared to the original. One source mentions wider fenders , integrated bumpers and a front spoiler . The model was made in Montague Gardens .

There was the Hayden Dart with a four-cylinder engine with 1600 cm³ displacement and a choice of four- or five-speed gearbox, with a larger four-cylinder engine with 2000 cm³ displacement and five-speed gearbox and with a V6 engine with 3000 cm³ displacement and five-speed gearbox.

According to Les Hayden, around 35 copies were made.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Hayden.
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 677. (English)
• Marian Suman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland Books, Jefferson, North Carolina, USA, 2000, ISBN 978-0-786-40972-3 , p. 139. (English)

Web links

• History of the Hayden Dart

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Company information ( Memento from June 22, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Internet site of Dart Engineering cc. Archived from the original on July 28, 2001 ; accessed on May 27, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Allcarindex (accessed June 25, 2016)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Company information on the Hayden 427 (English) ( Memento from August 10, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Hayden.
6. ^ ^{A b} George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 677. (English)
7. ↑ Information from the company on the Hayden Dart (English) ( Memento from December 12, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Information on a private website about Hayden Dart ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. .