GB Restorations

GB Restorations
legal form
founding	1992
resolution	1996
Seat	Hawkesley Mill near Birmingham , West Midlands
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

GB Restorations was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company from Hawkesley Mill in Birmingham in the county of West Midlands began in 1992 with the production of automobiles and kits . The brand name was Roamer . Production ended in 1996. A total of about three copies were made.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It was similar to the Mini Moke . A tubular steel frame formed the basis. The body was made of steel . The hydragas suspension and the four-cylinder engine came from the Mini Metro .

In September 2012, the American auction house Auctions America offered a surviving vehicle from Terry Bennett's collection, which, however, was incorrectly called the Mini Moke.

literature

• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1342. (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. 213 (English).

Web links

• Allcarindex (accessed May 1, 2015)
• Photo (accessed August 11, 2015)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1342. (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. 213 (English).
3. ↑ Auction 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed August 11, 2015)