Python Vehicles Australia

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Python Vehicles Australia
legal form
founding 1979
Seat South Melbourne , Australia
management George Vidovic
Branch Automobile manufacturer
Website www.pythonvehicles.com

Python Vehicles Australia is an Australian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George Vidovic founded the company in South Melbourne in 1979 . In 1980 he bought the designs for a model from Arntz Engineering in the USA and began producing automobiles and kit cars in 1981 . The brand name is Python .

vehicles

One model is the replica of the AC Cobra . The basis is a ladder frame with a 2311 mm wheelbase . An open two-seater body made of fiberglass is mounted on top. The rear suspension is from Jaguar . Various V8 engines from Ford with a displacement of 4700 cm³ to 7000 cm³ drive the vehicles.

The R 302 appeared in 1997 . This racing car has an engine with 378 hp .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1278. (English)