Dash sports cars

Dash sports cars
legal form
founding	1989
resolution	1994
Seat	Eardisley , Herefordshire
management	Simon Parkes; Lawrence Harold Wilson;
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Dash Sportscars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

prehistory

Listair Cars from Wrexham in Wales manufactured vehicles from 1985 to 1989 which were marketed as Dash . The predecessor was Pelland Sports from Pelland Engineering , later Graham Autos .

Company history

Simon Parkes (also written Parker) founded in 1989, the company in Eardisley in the county of Herefordshire . With the support of Diane Parker, he took on projects from Listair Cars and Minari Engineering . The production of automobiles and kits began. The brand names were Dash and MCA . Lawrence Harold Wilson was also director from 1993 at the latest. Production ended in 1994. A total of over 50 copies were made.

vehicles

Brand name Dash

This model was the successor to the Dash from Listair Cars. It was an open roadster . Initially a four - cylinder boxer engine from the VW Beetle powered the vehicle. From 1990 an Alfa Romeo engine was also available. A special feature was the mid-engine . Dash made about 55 copies between 1989 and 1993.

Brand name MCA

The Dash Sports 600 was originally a small coupe from Minari Engineering. A ladder frame chassis from Jago Automotive formed the basis . A fiberglass body was mounted on top. A two-cylinder engine from the Fiat 126 in the rear with 594 cm³ displacement propelled the vehicle. Dash also developed a cabriolet version.

literature

Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Dash and MCA (II).
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. 386. (English)
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. 987. (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 , pp. 66 and 164 (English).

Web links

Allcarindex zu Dash (accessed March 1, 2015)
Allcarindex zu MCA (English, accessed March 1, 2015)

Individual evidence

↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Dash and MCA (II).
↑ ^a ^b ^c 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. 386. (English)
↑ ^a ^b opencorporates.com (accessed September 1, 2015)
↑ ^a ^b ^c 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. 66 and 164 (English).

[Die_Internationale_Automobil-Enzyklopädie-1] Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Dash and MCA (II).

[Beaulieu-2] 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. 386. (English)

[opencorporates-3] rporates.com (accessed September 1, 2015)

[Kit_Cars-4] 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. 66 and 164 (English).