Landar Components

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Landar Components Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1962
resolution 1970
Seat Birmingham
management Peter Radnall, Clive Radnall
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Landar Components Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The brothers Peter and Clive Radnall founded the company in Birmingham in 1962 and began building racing cars . Several road vehicles followed in 1965. The brand name was Landar . Production ended in 1967. Another source gives the production period from 1968 to 1970. A total of ten copies were made. In 1967, the company also produced racing cars for Formula Vee known as Smithfield .

vehicles

The only road vehicle was the R 6 . The vehicle was based on the Mini . The open two-seater body was designed in the style of a racing sports car. The height was only about 76 cm (30 inches ). A Canadian company took over the project in 1970.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Landar.
  • 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. 142 (English).

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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 , chapter Landar.
  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. 142 (English).