Malone Car Company

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Malone Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1998
Seat West Putford , Devon , United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
management Jon Malone
Branch Automobile manufacturer
Website www.malonecar.eclipse.co.uk

Malone

Malone Car Company is a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1998 Jon Malone founded the company in West Putford in the county of Devon . He started producing automobiles and kits with the assistance of Tim Boswell . The brand name is Malone . A total of about 25 copies have been made so far.

vehicles

The Skunk model is available in the S 1 and SS 1 versions . It is a tricycle with a rear single wheel. A spaceframe tubular frame forms the basis. A motorcycle engine is mounted in the front of the vehicle and drives the rear wheel via a cardan shaft . There is a choice of engines from Yamaha with a capacity of 650 cm³, 750 cm³ and 900 cm³ and the Suzuki GSX 1100 . The open, doorless body is made of fiberglass . The empty weight is given as 300 kg.

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. 946. (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. 233 (English).

Web links

Commons : Malone Car Company  - collection of pictures, 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. 946. (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. 233 (English).