GTD (car brand)

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GTD 40
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GTD was a British car brand from 1983 to 2004.

Brand history

Roger Attaway, Raymond Walter Charles Christopher and Graham Eric Kelsey founded GT Developments on August 12, 1982 in Old Trafford , Manchester . They started developing and then producing automobiles and kits in 1983 . The brand name was GTD . Later he moved to Altrincham in Greater Manchester , on December 4, 1987 to Poole in Dorset and on December 21, 1994 to Southampton in Hampshire . In the 1990s Christopher, Kelsey and Simon David Osborne were the directors. On October 17, 1996 the company was dissolved.

Roger William Marsh founded GTD Supercars Limited in London on March 18, 1999 . On March 29, 1999 he moved to Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire and on April 14, 1999 to Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire . He continued production while keeping the brand name. Spencer John William Marsh became second director on January 29, 2002. The company moved to Warwick on January 6, 2003, Leamington Spa on May 19, 2004, and Rugby on November 21, 2006 , all in Warwickshire. On June 30, 2007 the company was dissolved.

Production ended in 2004. A total of about 648 copies were made.

There was no connection to GTD Sports Cars from Doncaster , who used the same brand name from 1984 to 1985.

vehicles

The first and best-selling vehicle was the GTD 40 . This was the replica of the Ford GT 40 . On a self-developed chassis one was Coupé -Karosserie of fiberglass mounted. First, a drive V6 engine from Ford to the vehicles. A short time later, a Ford V8 was also available. About 612 copies were made of this model.

In 1992 the GTD 40 Mark 2 added to the range. It was similar to the first model, but had been changed in the rear area. In particular, inquiries from Japan had led to this model. By 1995 there were around 25 buyers.

The GTD T 70 was on offer from 1986 to 1999. It was a replica of the Lola T 70 racing car . Seven copies of this model were made. Bell Engineering continued production under its own brand name.

From GTD sports star created in 1998 four copies. The four-cylinder engine from the Ford Fiesta has its own chassis . The open body offered either two or 2 + 2 seats. A kit cost 4200 pounds .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter GTD.
  • 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. 652. (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. 113-114 (English).

Web links

Commons : GTD  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter GTD.
  2. ↑ 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. 652. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d e opencorporates.com on GT Developments (accessed September 1, 2015)
  4. ^ 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. 113-114 (English).
  5. ↑ a b c d e opencorporates.com on GTD Supercars (English, accessed on September 1, 2015)