Legendary sports cars
Legendary sports cars | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1994 |
resolution | 2001 |
Seat | Manchester , Greater Manchester |
management | John Andrew |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Legendary Sportscars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
The brothers Phil and Tim Marsh founded the company in 1994 in Ashbourne in County Derbyshire . They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name was Legendary . In 1998 John Andrew took over the company and relocated to Manchester . The brand name remained unchanged. One source also gives the name Spring Vale Motor Services . Production ended in 2001. A total of about five copies were made.
vehicles
The only model was the 427 . This was the replica of the AC Cobra . The base was a chassis made of steel tubes. A V8 engine from Ford with a capacity of 5000 cc propelled the vehicle.
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).
Web links
- Allcarindex (accessed May 1, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on May 1, 2015)
- ↑ 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).