Ranger Automotive Company

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Ranger Automotive Company Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1972
resolution 1982
Seat Leigh-on-Sea at Southend-on-Sea , Essex
management Eric Salmons
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Ranger Automotive Company Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

prehistory

Eric Salmons operated the EJS Products used car dealership in Romford . In 1971 he started producing automobiles and kits there . The brand name was Ranger .

Company history

In 1972, Salmons founded the new Ranger Automotive Company in Leigh-on-Sea near Southend-on-Sea in Essex and continued production. Production ended in 1976. The company was not dissolved until 1982.

Ranger Limited from Llangefni in Wales revived the project between 1984 for 1985. A total of around 500 or around 1400 copies were made.

vehicles

The model 80 was on offer during the entire production period. It was inspired by the Mini Moke . A spaceframe formed the basis. Many parts such as the front and rear subframes, windshield , dashboard , seats and headlights came from the Austin 1100 . In addition to open and closed bodies, there was also a pick-up . About 303 copies were made of this model.

The Cub , released in 1974, was a tricycle with a rear single wheel. It was based on the Mini with a spaceframe frame. In the first year of sales there were 20 buyers, in the second and final year of production after a revision in 1975, another 180 buyers were found. One vehicle received an electric motor for test purposes .

From Cub 4 , a four-wheeled version of the Cub as a pick-up came only four copies 1975 and 1976.

John Thomas, who previously worked at Broadspeed , sold Ranger vehicles in Midland. In 1975 he presented the Cub 6 , a six-wheeled version of the Cub 4 , which, however, remained a one-off.

The Jeep was a recreational vehicle based on the Austin 1100, appeared in 1976 and also remained a prototype .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Ranger (VII).
  • 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. 1298. (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. 206 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Ranger (VII).
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 1298. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f 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. 206 (English).