GRP engineering

GRP Engineering (Pty) Ltd.
legal form	Limited
founding	1957
resolution	around 1958
Seat	Johannesburg , South Africa
Branch	Automobiles

Protea

GRP Engineering (Pty) Ltd. was an automobile manufacturer from South Africa .

history

The Johannesburg company started producing automobiles in 1957 . The first prototype was presented at Johannesburg's Spring Motor Show that same year . Series production began in April 1957. The brand name was Protea . Production ended around 1958. A total of around 20 vehicles were built, one of which still exists.

Models

Only one model was on offer. This was an open two-seater sports car . Collins & Myers from Johannesburg who provided bodies from fiberglass . The four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1172 cc came from Ford . A minor revision followed in 1958. Now the customer had the choice between engines from Fiat 1100 , Ford Zephyr and MG .

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. 1271. (English)

Web links

Commons : GRP Engineering - collection of images, videos and audio files

d'Auto (Dutch, accessed July 17, 2016)
Allcarindex (accessed July 17, 2016)
Stuart Gr .: Second blossom on: motoring.iafrica.com from July 4, 2007. (accessed July 17, 2016)
Franschhoek Motor Museum about the Protea (Dutch) ( Memento from December 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
cartorque.co.za January 28, 2007 (accessed July 17, 2016)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1271. (English)

[Beaulieu-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1271. (English)