Sherwood Universal Vehicles

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Sherwood Universal Vehicles
legal form
founding 1984
resolution 1992
Seat Pinxton , Nottinghamshire
management Steven Beardsall
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Sherwood Universal Vehicles was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Steven Beardsall, who also Spartan Cars led, in 1984 founded the independent companies in Pinxton in the county of Nottinghamshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Sherwood . Production ended in 1992. A total of about 310 copies were made.

vehicles

One model was the Sherwood . A ladder frame formed the basis. Many parts from the Ford Cortina were used, along with fourteen separate panels of fiberglass that made up the body. The finished vehicle was a station wagon with increased cargo space that was available with three and five doors. From 1984 about 110 copies of this model were made.

The Starcraft was a six-wheeled RV with alcove based on the Sherwood . From 1986 about 200 copies were made.

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. 1445. (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. 230 and 239 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d 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. 1445. (English)
  2. ↑ 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. 230 and 239 (English).