The Western Front

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The Western Front Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1981
resolution 1985
Seat San Antonio , Texas , USA
Branch Automobiles

The Western Front Inc. was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded on March 27, 1981 in San Antonio , Texas . In the same year the production of automobiles and kit cars began . Quincy-Lynn was involved in the development. The brand name was XK-1 , according to online sources Western Front . Production ended in 1985.

vehicles

The only model was a tricycle with a front single wheel. The coupe with the opening pulpit instead of side doors was similar to the Bond Bug , but had a longer front. The windshield came from the Honda Civic , the steering column from the Toyota Celica and the rear suspension from a Datsun . Various motors drove the rear wheels. Are called a stationary engine from Briggs & Stratton 16 hp power and four-cylinder - Boxer engine from the Volkswagen Beetle .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter XK-1.
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1769 (English).
  • Chris Rees: Three Wheelers A – Z. The definitive encyclopedia of three-wheeled vehicles from 1940 to date. Quiller Print, Croydon 2013, ISBN 978-0-9926651-0-4 , p. 225. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter XK-1.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1769 (English).
  3. ↑ corporationwiki (accessed March 26, 2017)
  4. ↑ bizapedia (English, accessed March 26, 2017)
  5. ↑ Chris Rees: Three Wheelers A – Z. The definitive encyclopedia of three-wheeled vehicles from 1940 to date. Quiller Print, Croydon 2013, ISBN 978-0-9926651-0-4 , p. 225. (English)
  6. ^ D'Auto (Dutch, accessed March 26, 2017)
  7. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on March 26, 2017)