IPS Developments

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IPS Developments
legal form
founding 1992
resolution 1996
Seat Hadleigh , Suffolk
management Rob Hulme
Branch Automobile manufacturer

IPS Developments was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1992 Rob Hulme founded the company in Hadleigh in the county of Suffolk . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Hadleigh . Production ended in 1996. A total of about six copies were made.

Caburn Engineering continued the production of a model under its own brand name in 2007.

vehicles

The Sprint model was an open vehicle similar to the Morgan , available as a two-seater roadster and with 2 + 2 seats. The basis was a spaceframe. The body mainly consisted of aluminum panels. The front and fenders were made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic . Many parts came from the Ford Sierra . Around six vehicles were built between 1992 and 1995.

In addition, from 1994 to 1996 IPS manufactured a model for the MCA brand .

literature

  • 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 , pp. 661 and 987. (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. 116 and 164 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 , pp. 661 and 987. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 116 and 164 (English).