Desande

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Desande automobiles
legal form
founding 1979
resolution 1984
Seat Hulst , Netherlands
management Danny Vandesande
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Desande was a Dutch manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company from Hulst started producing automobiles in 1979. Production ended in 1984.

vehicles

1981 Desande Roadster

Initially, the chassis of the Ford LTD II or the identical Ford Thunderbird with a length of 2944 mm as well as the engine, transmission and power transmission from Ford were used. There was a choice of V8 engines with a capacity of 5000 cc and 5800 cc . Later, chassis from the Chevrolet Impala and V8 engines from General Motors with a displacement of 5000 cc were used. The vehicles were designed in the style of the 1930s . The London company Grand Prix Metalcraft produced the aluminum body. The interior was luxuriously furnished with electrically adjustable leather seats, air conditioning and a wooden dashboard.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • Nick Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 1 A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Linz and Schrader: The International Automobile Encyclopedia. 2008.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. 2001.