Viking Cars

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Classic Cars of Coventry (Viking Cars) (1980–1982)
Viking Cars (1982–1983)
legal form
founding 1980
resolution 1983
Seat Narborough , Leicestershire
management Peter Morris
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Viking Cars , previously Classic Cars of Coventry (Viking Cars) , was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Peter Morris and Craig Hinton founded Classic Cars of Coventry (Viking Cars) in 1980 . The seat was either in Coventry or in Blaby in the county of Leicestershire . The production of automobiles and kits began. The brand name was Viking . The partnership ended, whereupon Hinton founded Leaping Cats in Blaby in 1982 . Morris continued to run the company alone, which from 1982 traded as Viking Cars and was based in Narborough in Leicestershire. Production ended in 1983. A total of about ten copies were made.

vehicles

One model was the 380 , which corresponded to the Leaping Cats 380 SSR . The vehicle was similar to the SS 100 , but was not a direct replica . The basis was a self-developed chassis with engine and wheel suspension from the Jaguar XJ 6 . An open body made of aluminum was mounted on it. The fenders were made of fiberglass . About eight copies of this model were made.

The other model was the Mercedes 320 Replica . This was a replica of the Mercedes-Benz 320 in the version as a staff car. The open body had four doors. The Jaguar Mark IX formed the basis . Two copies of this model were made in 1982. One carried the vehicle registration number L-15237 .

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. 1680. (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. 165 and 267 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d 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. 1680. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i 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. 165 and 267 (English).