Viscount Motors

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Viscount Motors
legal form
founding 1985
resolution 1986
Seat Bury St Edmunds , Suffolk
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Viscount Motors was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company based in Bury St Edmunds in the county of Suffolk began in 1985 with the production of automobiles and kits . The brand name was Viscount . Production ended in 1986. A total of about ten copies were made.

vehicles

The only model was the TC . It was similar to the Burlington Arrow from the Burlington Design Group . The basis was a special chassis . An open two-seater body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. The front fenders were usually designed to be steering, but fixed, long tapering fenders were also available at an additional cost. Many parts came from the Triumph Herald and Triumph Vitesse .

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. 1683. (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. 269 (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. 1683. (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. 269 (English).