Island Plastics

Island Plastics
legal form
founding	1985
resolution	1998
Seat	Cowes , Isle of Wight
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Island Plastics was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company from Cowes , Isle of Wight, began supplying car bodies to The Frogeye Car Company in 1985 . In 1997 the production of automobiles and kits began. The brand name was Ipi . Production ended in 1998. A total of about three copies were made.

The Healey Sprite Motor Company continued production under its own brand name.

vehicles

The only model was the Frogeye . This was a replica of the first generation Austin-Healey Sprite . The body was made of fiberglass . A Toyota engine powered the vehicles.

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 , p. 681. (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. 127 (English).

Web links

• Allcarindex (accessed May 1, 2015)

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 , p. 681. (English)
2. ↑ 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. 127 (English).