Transformer Cars
Transformer Cars | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1984 |
resolution | 1990 |
Seat | Frant , East Sussex |
management | Gerry Hawkridge |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Transformer Cars was a British manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
1984 Gerry Hawkridge founded the company in Frant in the county of East Sussex . He was assisted by Colin Artus and Gordon Cruickshank. They started making automobiles and kits . The brand name was Transformer . Production ended in 1990. Other sources give the production period from 1986 to 1996. A total of about 250 copies were made. Hawkridge also founded Hawk Cars in 1986 .
vehicles
The HF 2000 and HF 3000 models were on offer . These were replicas of the Lancia Stratos . On a special chassis a was coupe -Karosserie of fiberglass mounted. Many parts came from the Lancia Beta . Various engines from Honda , Rover , V6 engines from Alfa Romeo and V6 and V8 engines from Ferrari powered the vehicles.
The successor was the Hawk Stratos from Hawk Cars.
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Hawk (IV).
- 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. 1607. (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. 257 (English).
Web links
- Allcarindex (accessed March 1, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Hawk (IV).
- ^ 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. 1607. (English)
- ↑ 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. 257 (English).
- ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed March 1, 2015)