GRF Route 66

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GRF Route 66
legal form
founding 2010s
Seat Caieiras , Brazil
Branch Automobiles
Website route66replicas.com.br

GRF Route 66 is a Brazilian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in the 2010s in Caieiras in the State of São Paulo was founded. The production of handcrafted automobiles began, marketed as GRF Route 66 .

vehicles

Replicas of classic automobiles are on offer . The basis is a tubular frame with independent wheel suspension. A fiberglass body is mounted on top.

The replica of the Porsche 550 has an air-cooled four - cylinder boxer engine from Volkswagen do Brasil with a displacement of 1600 cm³ and double carburetors . A boxer engine with 1700 cm³ displacement and intake manifold injection and two water-cooled engines with 1800 cm³ and 2000 cm³ displacement, also with intake manifold injection, are also available.

According to the company, the replica of the Porsche 356 is only available as a Speedster, although another source also names the coupé . Only the two boxer engines mentioned above are used here.

For the reconstruction of the AC Cobra are, according to a source, various V6 and V8 and rows - six-cylinder engines to choose from. The company names a four-cylinder engine with 2500 cm³ displacement, a six-cylinder engine with 4100 cm³ displacement and a V8 engine with 302 cubic inches , corresponding to 4949 cm³ displacement, with 240  hp .

The company itself also named the replica of the Jaguar XK 120 in October 2016 . In terms of engine performance, it does not differ from the replica of the AC Cobra.

Other projects deal with the PGO Cévennes and the Chrysler PT Cruiser .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil (Portuguese, accessed on October 16, 2016)
  2. ↑ a b Company information on the replica of the Porsche 550 (Portuguese, accessed on October 16, 2016)
  3. ↑ a b Company information on the replica of the Porsche 356 (Portuguese, accessed on October 16, 2016)
  4. ↑ Information from the company on the replica of the AC Cobra (Portuguese, accessed on October 16, 2016)
  5. ↑ Information from the company on the replica of the Jaguar XK 120 (Portuguese, accessed on October 16, 2016)
  6. ↑ Information from the company on other projects (Portuguese, accessed October 16, 2016)