TA Design & Development

TA Design & Development
legal form
founding	1989
resolution	1991
Seat	Wakefield , West Yorkshire
management	Trevor Jones, Andy Williamson
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

TA Design & Development was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Trevor Jones and Andy Williamson founded the company in 1989 in Wakefield in the county of West Yorkshire . They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name was TA . Production ended in 1991. A total of about five copies were made.

vehicles

The first model was the Ynot from 1989, which remained a one-off. This was an open racing car. Many parts came from the Ford Escort and Ford Cortina . In the standard version, the model name was Spirit .

The Phantom resembled a model made by Ashley Laminates in the 1960s. This was a two-seater roadster . The windshield came from MG B . About two copies of this model were made.

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. 1561. (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. 249 (English).

Web links

• Allcarindex Note: The information on the location and the Predator model refer to the T&A brand . (English, accessed March 1, 2015)

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. 1561. (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. 249 (English).