Troll Engineering Company

Troll Engineering Company Limited
legal form	Limited
founding	1987
resolution	1992
Seat	Minehead , Somerset
management	Peter James
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Troll Engineering Company Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Peter James made a prototype in 1980 . He received orders to build more vehicles. But in 1987 he founded the company in Minehead in the county of Somerset in the production of automobiles and kits . The brand name was Troll . Production ended in 1992. Terry Nightingale Autocraft took over the project from 1995 to 1999, but did not manufacture anything. A total of about 31 copies were made.

vehicles

Vehicles for trials were on offer . They were similar to the Lotus Seven , but had an increased ground clearance of around 20 cm. The vehicles were based on a spaceframe. The open two-seater body was made of aluminum and fiberglass . The front fenders were designed to be steering. A four-cylinder engine from Ford with 1,700 cc displacement and 115 hp power drove many of the vehicles.

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. 1624. (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. 259 (English).

Web links

• Allcarindex (accessed March 1, 2015)

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. 1624. (English)
2. ↑ 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. 259 (English).