Midas Racing Services
Midas Racing Services | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1993 |
resolution | 1996 |
Seat | Little Staughton , Bedfordshire |
management | Rob Bicknell |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Midas Racing Services was a British manufacturer of automobiles .
prehistory
Rob Bicknell designed a racing car for his company RBM Motorsport in 1993 . The racing version of the vehicle went into production there in the same year.
Company history
For the version with MOT approval in 1993 he founded his own company in Little Staughton in the county of Bedfordshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was RBM . Production ended in 1996. A total of about 15 copies were made.
Brace Engineering from 1998 to 2000 and Pulsar Sportscars from 2004 to 2005 continued production, although the brand name has not been passed down. Stuart Taylor Motorsport has been manufacturing the vehicle, in which Phil Alcock is involved, since 2005 .
vehicles
The 931 model was the racing car and the 942 was the street legal version. The base was a spaceframe tubular frame. An open body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. The four-cylinder engine came from Vauxhall Motors .
literature
- 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 , p. 1303. (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. 201 (English).
Web links
- Allcarindex (accessed May 1, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 , p. 1303. (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. 201 (English).