GB Racing Sports

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GB Racing Sports
legal form
founding 1986
resolution 1988
Seat Standish at Wigan , Greater Manchester
management Andrew Grimshaw
Branch Automobile manufacturer

GB Racing Sports was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1986 Andrew Grimshaw founded the company in Standish in Wigan in the county of Lancashire . He started producing automobiles and kits . Dave Forsyth, who previously worked for Kingfisher Moldings , joined Grimshaw. The brand name was GB . Production ended in 1988. Another source gives the production period from 1988 to 1990. A total of about five copies were made.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. This was the 500 S , a replica of the Lamborghini Countach . The basis was a spaceframe. A coupé body was mounted on it. Different engines were available. Engines from Audi , V6 engines from Renault and V8 engines from Chevrolet and Rover are mentioned .

The model must not be confused with the Kingfisher Countess . This was also a Countach replica that Dave Forsyth was involved in. However, this model was initially based on the chassis of the VW Beetle and later on the Austin Maxi with a revised tubular frame chassis.

literature

  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 612. (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. 101 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 612. (English)
  2. ^ A b 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. 101 (English).