Tyler Industrial Moldings

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Tyler Industrial Moldings Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1994
resolution 1998
Seat Hoo , Kent
management Sheridan Bowie
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Tyler Industrial Moldings Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1994 Sheridan Bowie founded the company in Hoo in the county of Kent . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Tyler . Production ended in 1998.

vehicles

The 289 was a replica of the AC Cobra and was taken over by BRA . An open two-seater body was mounted on the chassis . Various engines up to the V8 engine were available. A total of around 480 copies of the model were made by BRA and Tyler Industrial Moldings.

The SP 350 Replica was similar to the Daimler SP 250 . The chassis of the 289 has been lengthened. Many parts, including the four-cylinder engine , came from the MG B . In 1998 a kit cost £ 4,000 . Production initially ended that year. David Manners Limited continued production from 2001 to 2004, although the brand name has not been passed down. A total of around five vehicles of this model were built.

In 1997 the Brooklands model was presented at a show. It was a slightly redesigned version of Calvy Motors' Calvy Mitchel . It was a 1930s-style roadster . Although offered until 1998, the vehicle remained a one-off.

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. 1636. (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. 41, 44 and 234 (English).

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. 1636. (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. 41, 44 and 234 (English).