Fergus Engineering

Fergus Engineering
legal form
founding	1986
resolution	1987
Seat	Kingsbridge , Devon
management	Robert Kennedy Ping
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Fergus Mosquito

Fergus Engineering was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1986 Robert Kennedy Ping founded the company in Kingsbridge in the county of Devon . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Fergus . Production ended in 1987. In total, more than six copies were made.

AIMS from the same location under the direction of Charles Smith took over the project in 1991, but did not manufacture anything. Projects of Distinction from Redditch , Worcestershire, under the direction of Bob Lewis, continued production from 1992 to 1999 while retaining the brand name.

vehicles

First there was the Wren model . This was a replica of the Aston Martin Ulster and only available as a complete vehicle.

The Mosquito was also similar to the Ulster . The base of the vehicle was a ladder frame. The open body was made of fiberglass and aluminum . The four-cylinder engine from the Morris Marina powered the vehicle. Six copies were made of this 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. 530. (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. 95 (English).

Web links

Commons : Fergus Engineering - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. 530. (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. 95 (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. 530. (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. 95 (English).