Hardy Motors

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Hardy Motors
legal form
founding 1991
resolution 1998
Seat Mooresville , North Carolina , USA
management Neil Hardy
Branch Automobiles

Hardy Motors was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Neil Hardy founded the company in 1991. The seat was first in Ramona , then in Visalia and later in Bonita , all in California . He took over a model from Elite Enterprises and Quint Industries and began manufacturing automobiles and kit cars . The brand name was Hardy . He later moved to Mooresville , North Carolina . Production ended in 1998.

vehicles

One model was the replica of the Allard J2X from Allard . A tubular steel frame formed the basis. A V8 engine , either from Cadillac , Chevrolet or Chrysler , was mounted in the front of the vehicle and powered the rear wheels. The open body offered space for two people.

There was also a replica of the Ford GT 40 . GTD supplied the parts for it from England.

In addition, Guitolar vehicles with an engine from Mercedes-Benz were imported from Uruguay and offered as complete vehicles for 72,500 US dollars .

Auction house H and H offered a J2X in 2003 and expected a price of £ 24,000 to £ 26,000 . Sotheby’s auctioned a J2X for £ 44,800 on June 23, 2011 . An American dealer also sold a vehicle.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 672 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Allcarindex (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  3. ↑ Auction from 2003 ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed February 18, 2017)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.handh.co.uk
  4. ↑ Auction 2011 (accessed on February 18, 2017)
  5. ↑ Selling a vehicle (accessed February 18, 2017)