Rotrax Sales
Adams Rotrax (1988–1991) JS Rotrax (1991–1994) Rotrax Sales (1994–1997) |
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founding | 1988 |
resolution | 1997 |
Seat | Bristol |
management | Paul Jelf |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Rotrax Sales , previously Adams Rotrax and JS Rotrax , was a British manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Dennis Adams, who previously for Marcos Engineering worked, founded in 1988, the company Adams Rotrax in Bradford-on-Avon in the county of Wiltshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Rotrax . In 1991 Mike Kenyon took over the company, renamed it JS Rotrax and relocated the company's headquarters to Bristol . In 1994 it became Rotrax Sales under the direction of Paul Jelf. Production ended in 1997. A total of about 75 copies were made.
Rotrax Cars International from South Africa was a licensee .
vehicles
The basis of the vehicles was a stable chassis . An open body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. The four-cylinder engine came from the Ford Cortina . Much emphasis was placed on high ground clearance. Initially, only the two-seat Sport model was available . The four-seater Safari with a longer wheelbase was added to the range in 1991.
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Rotrax.
- 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. 1371. (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. 220 (English).
Web links
- Allcarindex (accessed March 1, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Rotrax.
- ^ A b 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. 1371. (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. 220 (English).