Kingfisher Kustoms

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kingfisher Kustoms
legal form
founding 1983
Seat Smethwick , West Midlands
management Dave Fisher
Branch Automobiles
Website www.kingfisherkustoms.co.uk

Kingfisher Kustoms Kombat Buggy
Kingfisher Kustoms Kango (with hardtop)
Kingfisher Kustoms Kango (with hardtop)

Kingfisher Kustoms is a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Dave Fisher founded the company in 1983 with Alan Jones and John Gurney in Smethwick , West Midlands . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name is Kingfisher Kustoms . A total of around 500 copies have been made so far.

vehicles

Chenowth and Kommando are dirt track racing cars . A tubular steel frame forms the basis. Various engines from the four - cylinder boxer engine of the VW Beetle to V6 engines and V8 engines drive the vehicles. So far, about 255 copies have been made.

The Kombat was a VW buggy that was developed from the Vulture by Vulrod Motors . The basis was a modified and shortened chassis from the VW Beetle. Between 1983 and 1991 it found around 100 buyers.

The competitor , a street-legal version of the command , originated about 40 copies from 1984 to 1990.

The Kango was a multi-purpose vehicle that was originally designed in South Africa. The unmodified Beetle chassis with a 240 cm wheelbase formed the basis. This model was on offer from 1985 to 1990 and found around twelve buyers.

The Kal was a visually modified VW Beetle. Around 100 kits were made between 1989 and 1993 .

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. 825. (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. 137-138 (English).

Web links

Commons : Kingfisher Kustoms  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. 825. (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. 137-138 (English).