Manor View Motors
| Manor View Motors | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| founding | 1956 |
| resolution | 1956 |
| Seat | Castel , Guernsey |
| management | Leslie Le Tessier |
| Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Manor View Motors was the first manufacturer of automobiles from the island of Guernsey . Decades later, another company followed with Bouillot Helsel .
Company history
Leslie Le Tessier founded the company in Castel in 1956 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was MVM . Production ended in the same year. A total of three vehicles were built.
vehicles
The only model was a small sports car . The first two copies had a two-cylinder two - stroke in - line engine from the British Anzani Motor Company with a displacement of 325 cc and 18 hp , which was installed in the rear. The third vehicle had a four-cylinder engine from Coventry Climax with a displacement of 1100 cc. The base was a tubular frame. An open two-seater body made of plastic was mounted on top. This car could not really establish itself on the market.
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter MVM
- 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. 1089. (English)
- David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 .
Web links
- d'Auto (Dutch, accessed December 27, 2015)
- Allcarindex (accessed December 27, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter MVM
- ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1089. (English)