Kilo (car brand)

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Kilo was a British car brand.

Brand history

The Thousand workshop from Bodmin in the county of Cornwall , led by Dave Stiff was a specialist in Morris Minor . Production of automobiles and kits began there in 1983 . The brand name was Kilo . In 1984, B & S Horton from Tintagel in Cornwall continued production under the direction of Brian Horton, which ended in 1986. A total of about 14 copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the Sports . This was a 1930s style roadster . The base was a steel ladder frame . A one-piece, doorless body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. The four-cylinder engine from the Morris Minor powered the vehicles. Alternatively, a MG engine with a capacity of 1275 cm³ was available. The curb weight was 595 kg.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter kilos.
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 823 (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. 136 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter kilos.
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 823 (English).
  3. ↑ 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. 136 (English).