Stallion (make of car)

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Stallion was an American automobile brand.

Brand history

There are contradicting statements about this brand. It is documented that the first public presentation took place on August 18, 1977 at the California state fair in Sacramento . The first two vehicles were also sold there.

The Allcarindex website gives the following history: Eagle American was based in Lincoln , California . Jim Kellison and Mike Grant made automobiles and kit cars between 1976 and 1978 . A single source says, however, that the brand name was analogous to the company name Eagle American and Stallion was only the model name. Red Stallion Ltd. was founded on April 2, 1978 in the same city. Production was taken over and continued at least until 1980. A brochure from 1980 mentions Red Stallion Ltd. from Lincoln, their role is not described. Special Editions was founded on July 12, 1979 in Industry , California. This company became the third manufacturer of the Stallion brand in 1980 . A price list from August 1980 names Special Editions from Industry, although their role remains unclear.

The authors Harald H. Linz and Halwart Schrader state in their encyclopedia Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie that Red Stallion Ltd. Production began in 1979, was taken over by millionaire Henry William Herndon in 1982 and produced exactly 78 vehicles by his death in 1985. After that, Stallion Cars from Germany continued production.

The Kellison Stallion website gives the production period from 1976 to 1980 and the production number as 117 vehicles. Accordingly, Red Stallion Ltd. only the sales company and Silver Classic Coach Craft the manufacturer. Silver Classic Coachcraft Inc. was only founded on December 7, 1977 in Lincoln, California. On the other hand, on a subpage of the website, it says that initially Eagle American Racing and later Red Stallion Ltd. the manufacturer was. There is a construction manual from October 1980, published by Eagle American Racing from Industry, according to which Silver Classic Coachcraft invested a lot of money in the development of the vehicle.

vehicles

The only model was a replica of the AC Cobra . The base was a lattice frame. An open two-seater body made of plastic was mounted on top. Various V8 engines of Ford with optional 4900 cc displacement or 7000 cc driven to the vehicles.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Stallion (I).
  2. ↑ a b Jim Kellison's Personal 429 Stallion (accessed February 18, 2017)
  3. ↑ a b c Allcarindex (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  4. ↑ a b c George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 478. (English)
  5. ↑ opencorporates on Red Stallion (accessed February 18, 2017)
  6. ↑ Brochure 1980 (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  7. ↑ opencorporates on Special Editions (accessed on February 18, 2017)
  8. ↑ Price list from August 1980 (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  9. ↑ a b www.kellisonstallion.com (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  10. ↑ opencorporates to Silver Classic Coachcraft (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  11. ↑ History on www.kellisonstallion.com (accessed on February 18, 2017)
  12. ↑ Construction manual from October 1980 (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)