Vulrod Motors

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Vulrod Motors
legal form
founding 1971
resolution 1972
Seat Peterborough
management Michael Jeffs
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Vulrod Motors was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

prehistory

Malcolm and Peter Craker run the Homesdale Motor Traders workshop on Old Homesdale Road in Bromley in the London Borough of Bromley . Between 1970 and 1971 they made automobiles and kits that they sold as the Vulture .

Company history

Michael Jeffs founded the company in Peterborough in 1971 . He took over Homesdale Motor Traders and their vehicle production. The brand name remained unchanged. Production ended in 1972. A total of about 120 copies were made.

Kingfisher Kustoms offered the Kingfisher Kombat between 1983 and 1991 under the Kingfisher brand , which was based on the Vulture .

vehicles

The only model was a VW buggy . The basis was a shortened chassis from the VW Beetle . At first, a kit cost 170 pounds , from 1971 only 135 pounds.

The auction house Dorset Vintage & Classic Auctions auctioned on September 19, 2013, a vehicle for 6600 pounds .

literature

  • 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. 271 (English).
  • James Hale: Dune Buggy Handbook. The A – Z of VW-based buggies since 1964 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 2013, ISBN 978-1-84584-378-6 , pp. 192-193 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b 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. 271 (English).
  2. ↑ James Hale: Dune Buggy Handbook. The A – Z of VW-based buggies since 1964 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 2013, ISBN 978-1-84584-378-6 , pp. 192-193 (English).
  3. ^ Auction (English, accessed December 21, 2014)