Hathaway Motor Company

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Hathaway Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1979
resolution 1984
Seat San Diego , California , USA
Branch Automobiles

Hathaway Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded on November 23, 1979 in San Diego , California . Other sources mention Santee in California. In 1981 the production of automobiles and kit cars began . The brand name was Hathaway . Production ended in 1984. According to a source, 15 vehicles were built.

Vintage Motor Works continued production.

vehicles

The only model was the Hunter , which was based on a design by Mark Goyette from 1975. This was a sports car in the style of British vehicles from the 1950s such as the Triumph TR 4 or a Morgan . The chassis came from Triumph . In question came TR 2 , TR 3 , TR 4, TR 5 and TR6 . Various British Leyland engines powered the vehicles. They made from 2000 cc to 2500 cc displacement between 91 and 111 hp .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Hathaway.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 675. (English)
  3. ↑ opencorporates (accessed March 12, 2017)
  4. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on March 12, 2017)
  5. ↑ a b d'Auto (Dutch, accessed March 12, 2017)