S&J Motor Engineers

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S&J Motor Engineers
legal form
founding 1984
resolution 1986
Seat Battle , East Sussex
management Simon Hilton
Branch Automobile manufacturer

S & J Motor Engineers was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1984 Simon Hilton founded the company in Battle in the county of East Sussex . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was S&J . Production ended in 1986. A total of about 48 copies were made.

vehicles

The first and best-selling model was the Milano . A tubular frame chassis formed the basis. A fiberglass body was mounted on top. The four-seater convertible was similar to the Jaguar XJS concept car from Pininfarina . Many parts came from the Alfa Romeo GTV . About 43 copies of this model were made between 1984 and 1986.

The Sportiva appeared in 1985 and remained in the range until 1986. It was a little shorter and sportier than the Milano . Five of these were made. Smith Auto Blast from Birmingham , led by Lee Smith, tried unsuccessfully in 1999 to continue production.

A Milano was in the hands of a collector from southern Germany in September 2015.

literature

  • 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. 1468. (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. 169 and 237 (English).

Web links

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 S & J.
  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. 1468. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c 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. 169 and 237 (English).
  4. ↑ Oldtimer Markt , issue 10/2015, p. 225.