Nelson Motors

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Nelson Motors
legal form
founding 1989
resolution 1994
Seat Shepperton , Surrey
management Bryce Nelson
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Nelson Motors was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1989 Bryce Nelson founded the company in Shepperton in the county of Surrey . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Nelson . Production ended in 1994. A total of about 12 or about 14 copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the S 350 , according to another source 350 F . This was a great 1950s style sports car. The chassis was made of steel . An open two-seater body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. The suspension came from the Jaguar XJ 6 . A V8 engine from Rover drove the vehicles.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Nelson (III).
  • 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. 1109. (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. 181 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Nelson (III).
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 1109. (English)
  3. ^ A b 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. 181 (English).