Swift Motor Components

Swift Motor Components Limited
legal form	Limited
founding	1970
resolution	1971
Seat	Birstall , Leicestershire
management	Javan Swift
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Swift Motor Components Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1970 Javan Swift founded the company in Birstall in the county of Leicestershire . Both Park Road 85 and Sibson Road are given as addresses. The production of automobiles and kits began. The brand name was Ufo . Production ended in 1971. A total of about 22 copies were made. The connection to UFO Cars from the same location that was in the industry at the same time is not known.

vehicles

The Buggy model was a VW buggy . The chassis of a VW Beetle formed the basis. Different versions such as Strip , Strip Burner and Sunstrip Burner were available. Kit prices ranged from £ 130 to £ 375.

The doodlebug was a kind of hot rod . It was also based on the chassis of the VW Beetle.

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. 263 (English).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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. 263 (English).
↑ Chris Rees : British Specialist Cars. Postwar low-volume production cars and kit cars . Windrow & Greene, London 1993, ISBN 1-872004-22-9 , pp. 175 (English).

[Kit_Cars-1] 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. 263 (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. 175 (English).