Mosquito (make of car)

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Mosquito was a British car brand.

Brand history

Robert Moss developed a vehicle from 1971. In 1974 he founded the company Mosquito Cars in Kidlington in the county of Oxfordshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Mosquito . Production initially ended in 1977. By then, nine copies had been made.

Messrs. Mead and Tomkins were friends of Robert Moss. They sold motorcycles in Hereford in Herefordshire . They continued production from 1984 to 1987 and made another five copies. The death of Tomkins meant the end of the brand.

Malvern Autocraft from Hereford, led by Rick Jones and Ian Bowse, took over the project in the 1990s, but marketed it as the Triad .

vehicles

The only model was a tricycle with a single rear wheel. The engine, transmission and front suspension came from the Mini . An open plastic body was mounted on top.

10 of the 14 vehicles still exist.

The Argyle trimin was designed similarly.

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. 1081. (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. 176 (English).

Web links

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. 1081. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e Mosquito and Triad Register ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed January 11, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mosquito-triad.com
  3. ↑ 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. 176 (English).