Street Beetle

Street Beetle
legal form
founding	1990
resolution	1991
Seat	Christchurch , Dorset
management	Chris Boyle
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Street Beetle was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Chris Boyle, who is also 34 Corner operation, in 1990 founded the company in Christchurch in the county of Dorset . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Street Beetle . Production ended in 1991. A total of about five copies were made.

The Chesil Motor Company from Burton Bradstock under the direction of Peter Bailey continued production under its own brand name.

vehicles

The only model was a replica of a Porsche 356 . The chassis of the VW Beetle formed the basis. An open body was mounted on it. The four - cylinder boxer engine from the VW Beetle was mounted in the rear and drove the rear axle.

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. 242 (English).

Web links

Allcarindex (accessed March 1, 2015)

Individual evidence

^ ^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. 242 (English).
↑ Chris Rees : British Specialist Cars. Postwar low-volume production cars and kit cars . Windrow & Greene, London 1993, ISBN 1-872004-22-9 , pp. 173 (English).

[Kit_Cars-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. 242 (English).

[British_Specialist_Cars-2] Chris Rees : British Specialist Cars. Postwar low-volume production cars and kit cars . Windrow & Greene, London 1993, ISBN 1-872004-22-9 , pp. 173 (English).