Swift Cars

Swift Cars Limited
legal form	Limited
founding	1983
resolution	1985
Seat	Silkstone near Barnsley , South Yorkshire
management	John Swift
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Swift Cars Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1983 John Swift founded the company in Silkstone at Barnsley in the county of South Yorkshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Swift . Production ended in 1985. A total of about five copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the KJ 280 . This was a 1930s style roadster . The base formed a chassis made of steel . An open body made of aluminum was mounted on it. Many parts, including the engine, came from the Ford Granada . The original price of £ 12,500 for a kit was too high for any major success in the market.

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. 1556. (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. 246 (English).

Web links

Allcarindex (accessed March 1, 2015)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b 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. 1556. (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. 246 (English).

[Beaulieu-1] A ^b 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. 1556. (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. 246 (English).