Legend Motor Company

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Legend Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1997
resolution 2001
Seat Redditch , Worcestershire , UKUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
management Terry Sands
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Legend Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1997 Terry Sands founded the company in Redditch in the county of Worcestershire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Legend . Production ended in 2001. A total of over 100 copies were made.

vehicles

The first and best-selling model was the Speedster . This was the replica of the Porsche 356 as a Speedster, taken over by the Alternative Vehicle Center . In many cases, the basis was a chassis developed in-house . An open two-seater body was mounted on it. Various engines from Alfa Romeo Alfasud , Subaru , VW Beetle and VW Type 4 powered the vehicles. About 70 copies were made between 1997 and 2001.

The California was similar, but more sporty, and found around 20 buyers in the same period.

The Convertible D , a version as a cabriolet , developed at the same time about three copies.

The 550 Spyder , a replica of the Porsche 550 , was imported from the USA with its own chassis. He found about four buyers.

The Ghia had its origin at Rudolph Perfect Roadster in Germany . The Evergreen Motor Company imported the kit and Legend Motor Company revised it. Around ten copies were made between 1999 and 2001.

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. 887. (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. 144 (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. 887. (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. 144 (English).