Tici Sales

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Tici Sales Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1972
resolution 1973
Seat Sutton-in-Ashfield
management Anthony Hill
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Tici Sales Ltd. ( Spelling TiCi Sales Ltd. ) was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Anthony Hill made a prototype back in 1969 . In 1972 he founded the company at 6 Mansfield Road in Sutton-in-Ashfield and began producing automobiles. The brand name was Tici ( proper spelling TiCi ). Stirling Moss and Raymond Mays promoted the company. Production ended in 1973. There were six buyers each in Spain and Japan . The buyers included Clive Sinclair and Romeo Challenger of Showaddywaddy . A total of about 40 copies were made.

vehicles

The prototype had an engine from the Triumph Daytona 500 from Triumph Motorcycles with a displacement of 500 cc . The length was only 182 cm.

The series version was slightly longer at 226 cm. Many parts came from the Mini , such as the front subframe and the rear engine. The body was made of fiberglass .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter TiCi.
  • 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. 1590. (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. 252 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter TiCi.
  2. ^ A b 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. 1590. (English)
  3. a b c d 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. 252 (English).