Mumford Engineering
Mumford Engineering Limited | |
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legal form | Limited |
founding | 1966 |
resolution | 1999 |
Seat | Salford , Greater Manchester |
management |
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Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Mumford Engineering Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
The company was founded on September 19, 1966. Initially, it made trailers . In 1973 the production of automobiles and kits began . The brand name was Mumford . Automobile production ceased between 1978 and 1983. Brian Mumford and Jennifer Frances Mumford served as Directors from December 31, 1991. The headquarters was located for several years in Nailsworth in the county of Gloucestershire , from 10 November 1994 Manchester and from 28 June 1995 in Salford in Greater Manchester . On April 7, 1999 the company was dissolved.
A total of about eleven vehicles were built.
vehicles
The only model was the musketeer . This was a tricycle with a rear single wheel. The base formed a monocoque from aluminum with special suspensions. The engine came either from the Vauxhall Viva or Vauxhall Chevette , was mounted in the front of the vehicle and powered the rear wheel via a cardan shaft .
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. 1086. (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. 179 (English).
Web links
- Allcarindex (accessed January 6, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 1086. (English)
- ↑ a b c d opencorporates.com (English, accessed September 1, 2015)
- ↑ 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. 179 (English).