Tempest Cars

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Tempest Cars (1987–1990)
Thoroughbred Projects (1992–1997)
Tempest Cars (since 2001)

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founding 1987
Seat Cradley near Worcester , Worcestershire , United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
management Joe Mason
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Website tempestcars.net

Tempest Sports
Side view
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Tempest Cars , previously Thoroughbred Projects , is a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Ian Foster, who also Teal Cars headed, and John Box, previously at TVR worked, founded in 1987, the company Tempest Cars in Burscough in the county of Lancashire . They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name was Tempest . Production initially ended in 1990. Thoroughbred Projects from Carnforth in Lancashire continued production from 1992 to 1997 while maintaining the brand name. Tempest Cars from Liverpool under the direction of Steven Campbell from 2001 to 2003 and under the direction of John Melody from 2006 to 2010 were the next manufacturers. Joe Mason, who also operates Reliant Spares , has been manufacturing the vehicles in Cradley near Worcester in Worcestershire since 2011 . A total of around 17 copies have been made so far.

vehicles

Sports

The first and best-selling model is the Sports . It is based on a special chassis made of steel or aluminum , depending on the version . An open two-seater body with aluminum panels is mounted on top. The road version is supplied with doors and the heavier chassis, while the sport version dispenses with doors and uses the lighter chassis. Usually drives a four-cylinder engine of Reliant with 848 cc displacement to the vehicles. An alternative is an engine from the Chrysler Sunbeam with 928 cc. Disc brakes have been providing deceleration since 2006 . In the rear area there are slight differences between individual vehicles. Around 15 copies have been made so far.

  • There are slight differences between individual vehicles in the rear area.

  • See turn signals and the position of the spare wheel.

Vantique

Vantique

The Vantique was a panel van on the same basis. Its wheelbase was about 20 cm longer. The front structure and the rear fenders were made of fiberglass and the hood and the rear structure were made of aluminum. In 1990, the original price was for a complete vehicle from 10,000 pounds . Between 1989 and 1997 there were eleven buyers.

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. 1579. (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. 251 (English).

Web links

Commons : Tempest Cars  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. 1579. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 251 (English).
  3. ↑ The Reliant Kitten Register (accessed March 1, 2015)