Eland Meres

Eland Meres
legal form
founding	1981
resolution	1983
Seat	Birmingham
management	Don Mackenzie, Terry Mackenzie
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Eland Meres was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The brothers Don and Terry Mackenzie founded the company in 1981 in Birmingham . They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name was Rhino . Production ended in 1983. A total of about ten copies were made.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It was similar to the Willys Jeep . The chassis of the VW Beetle formed the basis. Its four - cylinder boxer engine was mounted in the rear.

Eagle Cars took over the project, redesigned it with a ladder frame and a Ford Cortina engine and marketed the vehicles under the Eagle brand as the Eagle RV model .

literature

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. 487. (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. 212 (English).

Web links

Allcarindex (accessed March 1, 2015)

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 487. (English)
↑ ^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. 212 (English).

[Beaulieu-1] 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. 487. (English)

[Kit_Cars-2] 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. 212 (English).