Procopio

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Procopio
legal form
founding 1964
Seat Cianorte , Brazil
Branch Automobiles

Procopio is a Brazilian manufacturer of bodies and former automobile manufacturer.

Company history

Jair Araújo da Silva founded the company in Cianorte in 1964 as a car repair shop . In 1974 he manufactured seven automobiles and between 1995 and 2003 more. The brand name was Procopio . In 1989 the conversion of vehicles began. The company is now divided into several departments: Procopio Special Vehicles, Capotas Procopio and Procopio Limousines.

vehicles

The model Jafasso 1974 based on a chassis of Volkswagen do Brasil . An open two-seater body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. The long and low front, the wrong round radiator grille behind the front bumper and the spare wheel , which was placed on the passenger side behind the front wheel, were striking . An air-cooled four - cylinder boxer engine from VW with a displacement of 1600 cm³ in the rear drove the rear wheels.

A long, four-door Pullman limousine was in the range between 1995 and 2003 . A Ford Landau served as the basis . The visually independent vehicle had some details from the Lincoln Continental .

Since 1989 there have been conversions from pick-ups to double cabs and from limousines to stretch limousines . In addition hearse made.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil (Portuguese, accessed October 29, 2016)