Sports Car Services

Sports Car Services
legal form
founding	1985 or 1986
resolution	1987 or 1988
Seat	Peterborough , Cambridgeshire
management	Stuart Titman
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Sports Car Services was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1985 Stuart Titman founded the company in Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Sports Car Services . Production ended in 1987. Another source gives the production period from 1986 to 1988. A total of about 15 copies were made.

vehicles

The Roadster was a replica of the AC Cobra and was one of the cheaper offers of its kind on the UK market. A ladder frame formed the basis. Steering and suspension came from the Jaguar XJ . An open body with space for two people was mounted on it. Various V8 engines from Rover and American manufacturers as well as a V12 from Jaguar Cars were available. Around twelve of this model were made between 1986 and 1988.

The Mako had a modified chassis from the first model. Six-cylinder engines from the Jaguar XJ 6 powered the vehicles. The coupe body was similar to the Chevrolet Corvette . The model was in the range from 1986 to 1988 and found around three buyers.

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. 1485. (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. 226 (English).

Web links

Allcarindex (accessed March 1, 2015)

Individual evidence

^ ^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. 1485. (English)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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. 226 (English).

[Beaulieu-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. 1485. (English)

[Kit_Cars-2] 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. 226 (English).