Replicar Limited

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Replicar Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1981
resolution 1996
Seat Whitstable , UK
management Alan Hatswell
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Replicar Cursor from 1986
Replicar cursor

Replicar Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Alan Hatswell founded the company in Whitstable in 1981 and began manufacturing automobiles. The brand name was Replicar . It had ties to Keith Sharman & Company and Rawlson Racing Limited . Production ended in 1996.

vehicles

One model was the Cursor Micro, offered between 1984 and 1988 . This was a three wheel mini car with the single wheel on the back. The vehicle was 284 cm long, 130 cm wide and weighed 160 kg. There was a single-seater with no doors, with a single-cylinder engine of Suzuki equipped, and a two-seater, alternatively, for the built-in motor of Honda was available. About 100 vehicles were built.

The company also made replicas of classic automobiles. One model was similar to the Bugatti Type 35 . The shortened chassis of a VW Beetle formed the basis. The body was made of fiberglass . There was also a four-seater version that was similar to the Bugatti Type 43 .

A replica of the Bugatti Type 55 as a roadster was based on the Leyland Sherpa delivery van model , although its own ladder frame was used. In addition to four-cylinder engines also stood rows - six-cylinder engines to choose from.

There were also replicas of the Ferrari 250 LM and the SS 100 .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Replicar (II).
  • 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. 1325. (English)

Web links

Commons : Replicar Limited  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Replicar (II).
  2. ^ A b c d e George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1325. (English)