Frank Cavey & Sons
| Frank Cavey & Sons Limited | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1937 or earlier |
| resolution | 1968 or later |
| Seat | Dublin , Ireland |
| Branch | Automobiles |
Frank Cavey & Sons was an assembly plant for motor vehicles and thus part of the automotive industry in Ireland .
Company history
The company was based in Dublin . The earliest known mention is from 1937, when the assembly of automobiles began. The first vehicle was delivered on November 3, 1937. The parts came from Jaguar Cars . The brand name was initially SS and after the Second World War Jaguar. From 1966, sales for was Alfa Romeo of McCairns engine adopted. Production ended in 1968. From 1970 there was British Leyland Ireland , which shortly thereafter took over sales for Jaguar.
It is not known when the company was dissolved.
vehicles
From 1937 to 1939 ten SS 1 ½ liter were assembled. From 1948 to 1950 there were twelve more, this time called Jaguar Mark IV. The versions as 1.5 liter and 2.5 liter have been handed down. From 1949 to 1951, 44 Jaguar Mark Vs followed . From 1951 to 1952 twelve arose sports car type Jaguar XK120 . From 1952 to 1955 there were 116 Jaguar Mark VII cars . The Jaguar Mark I was assembled in at least 32 copies from 1956 to 1958. This was followed by the Jaguar Mark 2 .
In 1951 Cecil Vard achieved third place in the Monte Carlo Rally with a Mark V made in Ireland with the Irish registration number ZE 7445 . Maurice Cavey also took part in this rally with such a vehicle.
Some of the twelve XK 120s still exist.
literature
- Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
- ↑ Irish Assembled XK 120’s (English, accessed December 26, 2019)