KD Kit Cars

KD Kit Cars
legal form
founding	1991
resolution	1996
Seat	Wakefield , West Yorkshire
management	Kevan Norbury
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

KD Kit Cars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1991 Kevan Norbury founded the company in Wakefield in the county of West Yorkshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was KD . Production ended in 1996. A total of about ten copies were made.

Roman Kit Cars from Melksham in Wiltshire attempted to continue production between 2002 and 2005.

vehicles

The only model was the 289 . This was the replica of the AC Cobra . Initially, a chassis made of steel tubes formed the basis. The suspension came from the Ford Cortina and the rear axle from the Ford Escort . Various four-cylinder engines from Fiat and Ford or V6 engines from Ford powered the vehicles.

From 1994 a space frame was developed. Now V8 engines were also possible.

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. 814. (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. 135 (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. 814. (English)
2. ^ ^{A b} 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. 135 (English).