W. West Engineers

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W. West Engineers Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1967
resolution 1969
Seat Camber Sands
management George Holmes
Branch Automobile manufacturer

W. West Engineers Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George Holmes founded the company in Camber Sands in 1967 after he left Camber Cars and began producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Maya , after his wife's horse. In 1969 Holmes had a fatal accident. Production ended in the same year. A total of about six copies were made.

vehicles

The only GT model was a further development of the Camber GT . The front, including the headlights that were previously too low, had been redesigned. The coupe was based on the Mini .

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. 164 (English).
  • Mike Lawrence: AZ of sports cars since 1945. Bay View Books, Bideford 1991, ISBN 1-870979-23-0 , pp. 64 and 213.

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. 164 (English).