Doon buggies

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Doon buggies

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founding 1999
resolution 2009
Seat Birmingham , West Midlands
management Simon Chadwick
Branch Automobiles
Website www.doon.co.uk

Doon buggy
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Doon Buggies was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

2001 Simon Chadwick and Richard Crees founded the company in Birmingham in the county of West Midlands . They bought the designs for a VW buggy from GP , but they were in poor condition. They then designed their own model, which was ready for production in 2001. The brand name was Doon . In 2007 Crees left the company. Production and sales at Doon ended in 2009.

Volksmagic from Oldbury , led by Lee Rushton, has continued production ever since. Chadwick is involved. So far, depending on the source, either about 50 or about 70 copies have been made. Export markets are Belgium , Morocco and the Netherlands .

vehicles

VW buggies were on offer. The basis was the chassis of the VW Beetle , which was shortened for some models. A four - cylinder boxer engine propelled the vehicles.

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. 75 (English).
  • James Hale: Dune Buggy Handbook. The A – Z of VW-based buggies since 1964 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 2013, ISBN 978-1-84584-378-6 , pp. 54-55 (English).

Web links

Commons : Doon Buggies  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h 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. 75 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g James Hale: Dune Buggy Handbook. The A – Z of VW-based buggies since 1964 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 2013, ISBN 978-1-84584-378-6 , pp. 54-55 (English).