Whitby Engineering

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Whitby Engineering
legal form
founding 1983
resolution 1986
Seat Crewe , Cheshire
management Stuart Whitby
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Whitby Engineering was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Stuart Whitby, who also Whitby Specialist Vehicles led, founded in 1983, the company in Crewe in the county of Cheshire . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was Whitby . Production ended in 1986. A total of about 18 copies were made.

vehicles

The Warrior was the only model. The base was a steel frame. The body was made of aluminum panels . Many different constructions such combination , vans , pick-up and open versions were available. A four-cylinder engine from the mini powered the vehicles.

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. 1736. (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. 276 (English).

Web links

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. 1736. (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. 276 (English).