Thoroughbred Coach Builders

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Thoroughbred Cars
Thoroughbred Motorcars
Thoroughbred Coach Builders Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1982
resolution 2010
Reason for dissolution Death of the owner
Seat Mount Dora , Florida , USA
management
  • Gil Longnecker
  • Shirley Longnecker
Number of employees 15th
Branch Automobiles

Thoroughbred Coach Builders Inc. , previously Thoroughbred Cars and Thoroughbred Motorcars , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company Thoroughbred Cars , later renamed Thoroughbred Motorcars , was in 1982 Redmond in the state of Washington was founded. The production of automobiles began. The brand name was Thoroughbred . From May 25, 1995 the company traded as Thoroughbred Coach Builders Inc. based in Mount Dora , Florida . Directors were Gil and Shirley Longnecker. Production continued to take place in Redmont. 15 people were employed. Production ended in 2009. On June 6, 2010, the death of Gil Longnecker and the closure of the business were announced on the company's website.

vehicles

Replicas of vehicles from Mercedes-Benz were on offer . The models mentioned are the 540 K , 300 SL as a coupé with gullwing doors and the 300 SLR . A ladder frame formed the basis. Various engines from Chevrolet and Ford powered the vehicles.

There was also a 1936 style pickup truck .

There was also a connection to the Briton Leonard Witton and his model Witton Tiger , which later became the British car brand Merlin .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Thoroughbred.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1588. (English)
  3. ↑ a b opencorporates (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  4. ↑ zoominfo (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  5. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  6. ^ D'Auto (Dutch, accessed February 18, 2017)
  7. ↑ Information from the company ( Memento from June 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)