Handmade cars
Handmade cars | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1986 |
resolution | 1989 |
Seat | Bushey , Hertfordshire |
management | Stuart Gross |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Handmade Cars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
1986 Stuart Gross founded the company in Bushey in the county of Hertfordshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Allora . Production ended in 1989. A total of 13 copies were made.
Litton Cars from Skipton continued production from 1989 under its own brand name.
vehicles
Only one model was on offer. It was a replica of a Lancia Stratos . The basis was a chassis from the Lancia Beta , which, however, was changed to a semi- monocoque . The wheel suspensions were also changed significantly. Various engines from Alfa Romeo , Ferrari , Lancia , Renault , Rover and Vauxhall Motors were available.
One vehicle was presented at the Essen Motor Show in 1986 . Motorsport-Center Mohr then offered both kits and complete vehicles in Germany.
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Allora.
- George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 338. (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. 24 (English).
Web links
- Allcarindex (accessed March 1, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Allora.
- ^ A b c d e George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 338. (English)
- ^ 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. 24 (English).