FWC Cars

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FWC Cars
legal form
founding 1971
resolution 1972
Seat Langley , Buckinghamshire
management Chris Faulkener
Branch Automobile manufacturer

FWC Cars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Chris Faulkener, Dick Weed and Tony Chappell founded the company in Langley in 1971 . The place was then in the county of Buckinghamshire . The initials of their last names gave the company name. They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name was Zita . Weed and Chappell left the company prematurely. Production ended in 1972. A total of two copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the ZS . The basis was a self-developed chassis . A fiberglass coupé body was mounted on top. The windshield was from the Vauxhall Viva . A four - cylinder boxer engine from the VW Beetle powered the vehicle. Alternatively, an engine from the British Motor Corporation with 1800 cc displacement was also provided.

literature

  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1789. (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. 281 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d George Nick Georgano (editor-in-chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1789. (English)
  2. ↑ 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. 281 (English).