McBurnie Coachcraft

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McBurnie Coachcraft Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1986
resolution 1989 or later
Seat Santee , California , USA
management Thomas W. McBurnie
Branch Automobiles

McBurnie Coachcraft Inc. was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Thomas W. McBurnie founded the company on April 7, 1986 in Santee , California . He made automobiles. The brand name was McBurnie , possibly with the addition of Coachcraft . In 1989 production ended after a legal dispute with Ferrari . The company was subsequently dissolved, but the date of dissolution is not specified.

vehicles

The most famous model was a replica of a Ferrari "Daytona" . The chassis of the Chevrolet Corvette C3 formed the basis. A visual differentiator to the original is the lack of opening windows on the doors. This replica was seen in the television series Miami Vice .

The replica of the Ferrari 250 GTO of 1986 was based on the 280 Z Datsun . While the original was only available as a coupé , the replica was also available as a convertible .

Picture gallery

  • McBurnie Daytona

  • Rear view

  • Interior of the Daytona replica

  • McBurnie 250 GTO

  • Side view of the coupe

  • Rear view

literature

Web links

Commons : McBurnie Coachcraft  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 987 (English).
  2. ↑ a b opencorporates (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  3. ↑ http://www.edelweisscustoms.com/gtoreplica.html Edelweiss Customs 250 GTO