EB

EB (staffs)
legal form	Ltd.
founding	1959
resolution	1964
Seat	Tunstall , Staffordshire
management	John Edwards ; Wilf Edwards
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

EB (Staffs) Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automotive kits . The company produced exceptionally inexpensive kits for two different types of vehicles. More than 2000 units were built in five years.

Company history

EB (short for Edwards Brothers) was founded in 1959 by the brothers John and Wilf Edwards, and two years later the third brother Sid Edwards also took part in the company. The company was based in Tunstall , Staffordshire ; the workshops were in a disused pottery. In the early 1960s, EB kits were in great demand; the first two models (EB 50 and 60) were produced in several hundred copies each year. In 1962 the Edwards brothers sold the company to the engineering company William Boulton Ltd., but initially continued to manufacture kits themselves. At that time, EB also produced body parts for other companies, including the truck manufacturer ERF . In 1964, EB was taken over by ERF and incorporated into its own group. The production of sports car bodies then ended.

Models

EB 50

The first model was the EB 50, a small two-seater sports car designed to use Ford technical components . EB only supplied the plastic body. Initially no accessories were available, not even assembly instructions were included. The "very simple" kit initially cost £ 39, later the price was lowered to £ 29. The EB50 was very popular; At times the waiting time for the kit was 16 weeks.

EB 60

A more refined version was the EB 60, which externally corresponded to the EB 50. With its introduction, customers were able to purchase a chassis in addition to the pure body from EB, with a choice of a revised Ford chassis or a ladder frame designed by EB itself . In this case, EB also supplied adapted suspension parts on request.

EB Debonair

The EB Debonair was a completely independent model. The Debonair was a closed sports car with a long bonnet, a cropped hatchback and a rear panoramic window. Compared to the models EB 50 and 60, the Debonair was significantly higher quality. The scope of delivery included crank windows, a leather-clad dashboard, a chrome grille and bumpers. The price for the kit was £ 148. Chassis from Ford or EB were available at an additional cost. From 1961 to 1964 around 55 copies of the Debonair were made.

The Guildford- based company LMB Components , which primarily produced small open sports cars, offered the model from 1959 under the name LMB Debonair as a fully assembled car.

literature

Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definite encyclopaedie of the UK's kit car industry since 1949 , Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8

Individual evidence

↑ The abbreviation "Staffs" in the full company name stands for the English county of Staffordshire.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definite encyclopaedie of the UK's kit car industry since 1949 , Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , p. 83.
↑ ^a ^b Newspaper advertisement by EB from the early 1960s (accessed August 1, 2014).
↑ Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definite encyclopaedie of the UK's kit car industry since 1949 , Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , p. 69.

[1] The abbreviation "Staffs" in the full company name stands for the English county of Staffordshire.

[Hole-2] Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definite encyclopaedie of the UK's kit car industry since 1949 , Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , p. 83.

[Ad-3] Newspaper advertisement by EB from the early 1960s (accessed August 1, 2014).

[4] Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definite encyclopaedie of the UK's kit car industry since 1949 , Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , p. 69.