Flintridge Motor Manufacturing

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The Flint Ridge Motor Manufacturing Corporation was an American automobile manufacturer in 1957 and 1958 in Los Angeles (California) was established.

In 1957, the Flintridge Darrin was introduced, designed by Howard A. Darrin . The two-seater convertible was based on the DKW 3 = 6 , from which he took the chassis and engine. The three-cylinder two-stroke -Reihenmotor had 898 cc and had an output of 45 hp (33 kW) at 4250 min -1 . A GRP body in the shape of a pontoon was drawn over the whole . The wheelbase of the Flintridge-Darrin was 2337 mm, its total length 4572 mm.

The cars were sold for US $ 3,250. A total of 25 copies were made.

source

  • John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975 . Krause Publications, Inc. Iola, Wisconsin 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X