Kingfisher Moldings

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Kingfisher Moldings
legal form
founding 1982
resolution 1986
Seat Wigan , Greater Manchester
management Dave Forsyth
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Kingfisher Moldings was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1982 Dave Forsyth founded the company in Wigan in the county of Greater Manchester . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Kingfisher Moldings . Production ended in 1986. A total of about 73 copies were made.

vehicles

The first and best-selling model was the Countess , designed by Paul Lawrenson. It was similar to the Lamborghini Countach . Initially, the chassis and the four - cylinder boxer engine mounted in the rear came from the VW Beetle . From 1983 a tubular space frame was optionally available, which was suitable for the four-cylinder engine of the Austin Maxi . About 70 copies of this model were made by 1986.

The Shadow was similar to the Jaguar E-Type as a station wagon coupe . A space frame formed the basis. Four-cylinder engines from the Ford Cortina and V8 engines from Rover powered the vehicles. The price for a kit started at £ 1,275 . About two copies were made between 1984 and 1986. The name Countess Cars also comes up in connection with this model .

The Vulcan was a replica of a Bugatti Type 57 . It was based on the Morris Marina . Although on offer from 1984 to 1986, it remained a one-off.

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).

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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. ↑ 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. 137-138 (English).