Peter Sheen
Peter Sheen | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1964 |
resolution | 1965 |
Seat | Kingston upon Hull |
management | Peter Sheen |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Peter Sheen was a British manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Wine merchant Peter Sheen began producing automobiles and kits in his Kingston upon Hull company in 1964 . The brand name was Sheen . The presentation of the first model took place at Brands Hatch in September 1964 . Production ended in 1965 because Chrysler no longer supplied any parts despite the contract. Sheen sold two copies in total.
vehicles
The only model was the Imperator GTS . This was a coupe . The body was made of aluminum and was manufactured by The Robert Peel Company in the same location. Many parts like the chassis came from the Hillman Imp . Its four-cylinder engines were available for the drive . In the basic version of the engine from Nathan and Willy Griffith was on 70 hp tuned . The top engine was an engine prepared by Paul Emery with a displacement of 1147 cm³ and an output of 105 hp.
A model with a cheaper fiberglass body was also planned .
The vehicle with the British registration number 961 KOR still exists.
literature
- George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1441. (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. 229 (English).
Web links
- Allcarindex (accessed December 12, 2014)
- Imp page (accessed December 20, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1441. (English)
- ^ 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. 229 (English).