Group Six Fibers

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Group Six Fibers Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1972
resolution 1977
Seat Clerkenwell , London
management John Mitchell
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Group Six Fibers Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

John Mitchell founded the company in 1972 in the London borough of Clerkenwell . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Group Six . Production ended in 1977. A total of about 71 copies were made.

vehicles

The vehicles were similar to Group 6 racing cars , particularly the McLaren M 6 . The chassis of the VW Beetle formed the basis . Then one was body from fiberglass mounted. The windshield came first from the Vauxhall Cresta , later from the Ford Capri . The first vehicles were open. From 1973 a targa roof and later a closed version was available.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Group Six.
  • 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. 651. (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. 112 (English).

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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 Group Six.
  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. 651. (English)
  3. ↑ 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).