Foulkes Developments

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Foulkes Developments Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1981
resolution 1988
Seat Dartmouth , Devon
management Alan Foulkes
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Foulke's Impala Burro

Foulkes Developments Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Alan Foulkes 1981, the company founded in Dartmouth in the county of Devon . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Foulkes . Production ended in 1988. A total of about 30 copies were made.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. This was the Impala Burro . A ladder frame served as the basis. An open body in the style of a beach wagon, which was made of fiberglass and was one-piece, was mounted on it . The two-cylinder engines came from the Fiat Nuova 500 and Fiat 126 and were arranged in the rear. The wheelhouses, which were initially square, were round from 1984 onwards. In some versions, the spare wheel was on the front hood. Some vehicles had one windshield wiper , others two. The model name IMPALA was in capital letters between the headlights. A kit cost £ 626 the first year .

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. 585. (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. 126 (English).

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b 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. 585. (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. 126 (English).