North Downs Engineering Company

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North Downs Engineering Company Ltd. was a British tuner and manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was based on Godstone Road in Whyteleafe . Automobiles and kits were produced in 1949 . The brand name was Nordec . In total, only a few copies were made. Vehicles were manufactured again between 1959 and 1961. At that time, Clive Wrenn was with the company. There was a collaboration with TWM Engineering Company , led by Terry Wrenn. The Wrenn brothers had previously managed Convair Developments together . The company also manufactured special front axles based on a design by Leslie M. Ballamy, who later founded LMB Components , as well as compressors for car engines.

vehicles

In 1949 a handful of vehicles were built for trials . The British car magazine The Autocar described the vehicle in the issue of March 25, 1949. The base was the chassis from Ford Eight with its own front axle. The vehicle was powered by a four-cylinder, supercharged Ford Ten engine. The open roadster body offered space for two people. The vehicle resembled models from Allard . The success of the similarly designed Dellow , which was better and cheaper, quickly caused production to cease.

From 1959 to 1961 a model was available that was also available as a kit . Clive Wrenn was involved in the development. The bodies corresponded to the TWM model. This model also received the LMB front axle and a Ford engine with a compressor. Only two copies were made.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Nordec.
  • 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. 1119. (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. 185 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Nordec.
  2. ^ A b 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. 1119. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d 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. 185 (English).