Johnard Engineering

Johnard Engineering
legal form
founding	1974
resolution	1978
Seat	Blandford Forum , Dorset
management	John Guppy, Dudley Beck
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Johnard Donington

interior

Johnard Engineering was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

John Guppy and Dudley Beck founded the company in 1974 in Blandford Forum in the county of Dorset . They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name was Johnard . Production ended in 1978. A total of about 16 copies were made. They also ran the Johnard Vintage Car Repairs Limited repair and restoration workshop in the same location .

vehicles

The only model was the Donington . The basis was the chassis of a Bentley Mark VI . A plastic body was mounted on top. Only the bonnet was made of aluminum . The open body offered space for two people. In addition to the original six-cylinder engine , a version with a V8 engine was also available.

Competitors in this small market sector were Lawrence and Mallalieu .

A surviving vehicle with the British registration WFX 197 sold for £ 45,000 a few years ago .

literature

Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Johnard Donington.
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. 133 (English).

Web links

Commons : Johnard Engineering - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Allcarindex (English)
Selling a preserved vehicle (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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. 133 (English).
↑ ^a ^b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Johnard Donington.
↑ Sale of a vehicle that has survived (accessed on January 11, 2015)

[Kit_Cars-1] 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. 133 (English).

[Die_Internationale_Automobil-Enzyklopädie-2] Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Johnard Donington.

[3] Sale of a vehicle that has survived (accessed on January 11, 2015)