Western Laminates

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Western Laminates Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding ?
resolution 1971
Reason for dissolution liquidation
Seat Brixham
management Roger Talbot
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Western Laminates Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company, headed by Roger Talbot, was based on New Road in Brixham . It made milk tanks and body panels for Davrian . In 1970, Richard Oakes, who previously worked for Davrian, joined the company. He designed a VW buggy . This started the production of automobiles and parts kits for kit cars . The brand name was Tramp . Production ended in 1971 when the company was liquidated . A total of about 70 to 75 copies were made.

The export took place in the USA .

vehicles

The only model was a buggy. It differed from most of its British competition models, which were similar to GP's buggies . The basis was the uncut chassis from the VW Beetle .

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. 257 (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. 184-185 (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. 257 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 184-185 (English).