Kellison

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Kellison was an American automobile brand.

Brand history

Jim Kellison founded Kellison Engineering and Manufacturing in Folsom , California in 1959 . He started producing automobiles and kit cars . The brand name was Kellison . In 1969 Jim Kellison left or closed the company and later founded Kelmark Engineering .

Kellison Inc. from Lincoln continued production while maintaining the brand name until 1972.

vehicles

The first model, the J-4, was strikingly flat with a height of 990 mm. The chassis of the coupé had a wheelbase of 2,487 mm.

The following roadster J-2 had a longer chassis from an American manufacturer.

The Roadster K-2 on a VW chassis and the Coupé K-3 on a MG chassis were shorter again.

It also mentions a simple ladder frame designed by Chuck Manning.

In the 1960s, the J-2 and J-4 were renamed the Panther .

VW buggies followed later .

Kellison made one of the first replicas of the Ford GT 40 . There was a choice of a special monocoque for V8 engines , but also the chassis of the VW Beetle .

In addition, replicas of Corvette , Jaguar D-Type , Jaguar E-Type and Lotus Elite as well as Hot Rods were created .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Kellison chapter.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 815-816. (English)
  3. ^ D'Auto (Dutch, accessed March 18, 2017)
  4. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on March 18, 2017)