Racecorp

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Racecorp Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1990
resolution 1993
Seat Chinnor , Oxfordshire
management Jeff Amos, Bev Amos, Steve Amos
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Racecorp Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The married couple Jeff and Bev Amos came from Australia . In 1990 she founded the company in Chinnor in the county of Oxfordshire . They started making automobiles and kits . Her son Steve supported her in this. The brand name was Racecorp . Production ended in 1993. A total of about twelve copies were made. Eldon Autokits continued production under its own brand name.

vehicles

The models LA and LAi were on offer , which differed only slightly in terms of their suspension. They were inspired by the Lotus Seven . Roger Wimmey designed the chassis in the form of a spaceframe tubular frame. An open two-seater body was mounted on it. Various engines from Fiat and Ford as well as Wankel engines from Mazda powered the vehicles.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Racecorp.
  • 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. 1288. (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. 205 (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 Racecorp.
  2. ↑ 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. 1288. (English)
  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. 205 (English).