Scepter Motorcar Company

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Scepter Motorcar Company Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1978
resolution 1980
Seat Goleta , California , USA
management M. Broggie
Number of employees 30th
Branch Automobiles

Scepter from 1979

Scepter Motorcar Company Inc. was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded on May 26, 1978 in Goleta , California . Other sources mention Santa Barbara . M. Broggie managed the company with 30 employees. Alfred DiMora, who later ran Clénet Coachworks , Thomas McBurnie, who later founded McBurnie Coachcraft , and Ray Kenney were involved. The first vehicle was presented and awarded at an exhibition in Los Angeles in 1978 . The brand name was Scepter . Production was limited to 500 vehicles from the start and ended in 1980.

One source states that around 15 vehicles were made. Another source suggests that 250 to 300 vehicles were sold in 1979 alone.

Gatsby Coachworks continued production under its own name.

vehicles

The only model was a 1930s-style vehicle. Contrary to the usual practice in the USA at the time, it had a European design and was somewhat similar to the BMW 328 and the Talbot-Lago . The chassis and engine were from the Mercury Cougar .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Scepter.
  • 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. 1421. (English)
  • James M. Flammang: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1976-1986. Krause Publications, Iola 1988, ISBN 0-87341-113-7 , p. 432. (English)

Web links

Commons : Scepter Motorcar Company  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Scepter.
  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. 1421. (English)
  3. ↑ opencorporates (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  4. ↑ a b c d James M. Flammang: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1976–1986. Krause Publications, Iola 1988, ISBN 0-87341-113-7 , p. 432. (English)
  5. ↑ Information on www.dimoramotorcar.com (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  6. ↑ www.autopasion18.com (Spanish, accessed February 18, 2017)