Stimulator Cars

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Stimulator Cars
legal form
founding 1988
resolution 1997
Seat Paignton , Devon
management Les Hindley
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Stimulator Cars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1988 Les Hindley founded the company in Paignton in the county of Devon . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Stimulator . Production ended in 1997. A total of about 25 copies were made.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It was inspired by the Lotus Seven , but a little larger in size. The basis was a spaceframe. An open two-seater body was mounted on it. Engines from Alfa Romeo as well as V8 engines from Rover and American manufacturers with up to 400 hp propelled the vehicles.

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. 1516. (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. 242 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. 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. 1516. (English)
  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. 242 (English).