GT moldings

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GT moldings
legal form
founding 1981
resolution 2007
Seat Portslade at Brighton , East Sussex
management James Hale
Branch Automobiles

Buggy from GT Moldings
Side view

GT Moldings was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

James Hale founded the company in 1981 in Portslade, near Brighton, in East Sussex . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was GT for its own model from 1997. It was exported to Egypt , Belgium , Ireland and the Netherlands . Production ended in 2007.

vehicles

The GT Buggy was in the range from 1997 to 2007. This was a VW buggy . The chassis of the VW Beetle formed the basis . Either 45 or 95 copies were made of this version. In 2004, a version with a wheelbase shortened by 30 cm was added. She found five buyers.

The GT Surf Buggy was also a buggy. GT Moldings acquired the molds from the Belgian Dirk Tinck and sold two copies from 2005 to 2007, one of them to Ireland.

The company also manufactured vehicles under the Baja , Bugle , GP , Invader , Kyote , Manta and Renegade brands .

GT Moldings also imported vehicles from Apal .

literature

  • 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. 112 (English).
  • James Hale: Dune Buggy Handbook. The A – Z of VW-based buggies since 1964 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 2013, ISBN 978-1-84584-378-6 , pp. 90-91 (English).

Web links

Commons : GT Moldings  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 112 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d James Hale: Dune Buggy Handbook. The A – Z of VW-based buggies since 1964 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 2013, ISBN 978-1-84584-378-6 , pp. 90-91 (English).