Manchester Garages

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Manchester Garages Limited

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legal form Limited
founding 1979
resolution 1984
Seat Manchester , UKUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Yak Yeoman from 1981

Manchester Garages Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Manchester company began manufacturing automobiles in 1979. The brand name was Yak . Production ended in 1984. A total of seven vehicles were built.

vehicles

The only model Yeoman was a four - wheel drive off - road vehicle . The base was a tubular frame. The body was made of aluminum plates coated with plastic. A four-cylinder engine from Ford drove to the vehicle. One source indicates an engine from the Ford Escort with a capacity of 1300 cc . Another source mentions a V4 engine with 1700 cc from the Ford Capri . The original price was 2800 pounds .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (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 .

Web links

Commons : Manchester Garages  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ^ A b c Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ A b Hole: AZ of Kit Cars.