PK Manufacturing

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PK Manufacturing Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1981
resolution 1984
Seat Sandbach , Cheshire
management Peter Kukla
Branch Automobile manufacturer

PK Manufacturing Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Peter Kukla, of the restoration operation Kukla Restorations led, in 1981 founded the company in Sandbach in the County of Cheshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Jimi . The vehicles were also exported to Africa and the Caribbean . Production ended in 1984. A total of about 67 copies were made, 8 of them as a kit .

vehicles

The only model was the Jimp . The designer was Steve Kirk. It was a small multi-purpose vehicle, also available as a pick-up . The base was the chassis of the Reliant Kitten . Aluminum panels formed the body. A four-cylinder engine of Reliant with 848 cc displacement and 46 hp power drive to the vehicle. The windshield was split in two. In some cases the spare wheel was mounted on the hood. With a wheelbase of 215 cm, the vehicle was 335 cm long, 139 cm wide and 147 cm high. The empty weight was 550 kg.

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. 795. (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. 132 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 795. (English)
  2. ↑ Private Jimp page (accessed March 1, 2015)
  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. 132 (English).