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Graham Autos (Glassfibre) Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1982
resolution 1985
Seat North Shields , Tyne and Wear
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Graham Autos (Glassfibre) Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1982 in North Shields , County Tyne and Wear . The production of automobiles and kits began. The brand names were Dreambird for its own project and Pelland and Royale for models that were taken over by other manufacturers. Production ended in 1985.

vehicles

Brand name Dreambird

This model was presented at a kit car show in Stoneleigh in 1983 . It was a two-seater and remained a one-off.

Brand name Pelland

Pelland Engineering manufactured the Pelland Sports model from 1978 to 1980 . This was a flat coupe on the chassis of the VW Beetle . Ryder Automotive marketed the model as the Royale Rembrandt between 1980 and 1982 . Graham Autos continued production at North Shields from 1982 to 1985 and again marketed it as Pelland Sports . Then Listair Cars took over the production, which marketed the model as Listair Dash .

Brand name Royale

Ryder Automotive manufactured the Royale model from 1981 to 1982 . This replica of a Morgan Motor Company model was also based on a VW Beetle chassis. Graham Autos continued production in Carlisle from 1982 to 1984 and continued to market it as the Royale . Saber Cars continued production from 1984.

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. 1383. (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. 76, 194 and 221 (English).

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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. 1383. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f 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. 76, 194 and 221 (English).