Sidewinder (make of car)

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Sidewinder is a British car brand.

Brand history

Mel Hubbard founded in 1999, the company Manxbuggies in Dartford in the county of Kent . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand names were u. a. Bounty , Manx , Predator and Prowler . He later moved to Wisbech in Cambridgeshire . In 2004 he designed a model that he offered under the brand name Sidewinder . In 2009 Ben Lythgoe took over the company, relocated to Cambridge in Cambridgeshire and continued production. East Coast Manx from Uppingham in Rutland has been manufacturing vehicles of this brand under the direction of Rob Kilham since 2011 .

About ten vehicles have survived between 2004 and 2006. Another source names around 150 vehicles under the direction of Mel Hubbard, i.e. for the period from 2004 to 2009, a handful of Ben Lythgoe and no figures as of 2011.

vehicles

Only one model is available. This is a VW buggy . The basis is the chassis of the VW Beetle , which is shortened by 40 cm. An open body in fiberglass is mounted on it.

A vehicle on the unabridged chassis was planned from 2009.

literature

  • 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. 231 (English).
  • James Hale: Dune Buggy Handbook. The A – Z of VW-based buggies since 1964 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 2013, ISBN 978-1-84584-378-6 , pp. 178-179 (English).

Web links

Commons : Sidewinder  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b 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. 231 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f James Hale: Dune Buggy Handbook. The A – Z of VW-based buggies since 1964 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 2013, ISBN 978-1-84584-378-6 , pp. 178-179 (English).