Formula 27 cars

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Formula 27 Cars Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1991
resolution 2002
Seat Brinscombe at Stroud , Gloucestershire
management Steve Porter
Branch Automobiles

Formula 27 F 27 Clubman

Formula 27 Cars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Brand history

Mike Ryan founded the company in 1991 in Brinscombe near Stroud in Gloucestershire . He started making blueprints, automobiles, and kits . The brand names were Formula 27 and Sterling . Steve Porter took over the company in 1992. Production ended in 2002.

YKC Sports Cars continued production under its own brand name, and then Image Sports Cars . These three manufacturers together produced around 90 vehicles and over 3,000 construction plans.

vehicles

Brand name Formula 27

The first model was the F 27 , which was available as Clubman and MBE . These were Lotus Seven- style vehicles that were available in two different widths. Various engines from Fiat , Ford , Rover and Vauxhall Motors powered the Clubman . The MBE received motorcycle engines.

In 1998 the Blade appeared , a lighter version with an engine from the Honda Fireblade with 135 hp .

The KR Roadster was an open two-seater with seats almost on the rear axle. Ford four-cylinder engines or motorcycle engines powered the vehicle.

Brand name Sterling

Between 1996 and 1998, the company produced three copies of the Sterling Roadster . This was a replica of the Austin-Healey 3000 .

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. 584. (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. 98 and 240 (English).

Web links

Commons : Formula 27 Cars  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  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. 584. (English)
  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. 98 (English).