White Rose Vehicles

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White Rose Vehicles Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1993
resolution 2001
Seat Gillingham , Kent
management John Richards
Branch Automobile manufacturer

White Rose Vehicles was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1993 John Richards founded the company in Gillingham in the county of Kent . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was u. a. White rose . Production ended in 2001.

vehicles

The Dalesman model was in the range from 1994 to 1999 . This was a 1930s style delivery van . A ladder frame formed the basis. The body was made of MDF . Many parts came from the Ford Sierra . A kit costing 4,995 in the first year pounds . About two copies of this model were made.

The similar Wharfedale found around 14 buyers between 1996 and 2001.

The Swaledale was a sales car on the same basis.

The Husky was the successor to the RLT Husky from Real Life Toys . It was in the range from 1995 to 2000 and was similar to the Willys Jeep . A ladder frame formed the base, which cost £ 375 in 1997. The body was also made of MDF. Many parts were from Ford . In total, the two manufacturers made around 100 copies of this model.

Between 1993 and 2000, White Rose Vehicles manufactured the White Rose Locust . This was a Lotus Seven- style vehicle . Before that, T & J Sportscars and then BWE Sportscars produced this model.

The White Rose Midge , also taken over by T & J Sportscars, was created during the same period . This was a 1930s style roadster . The Midge Owners 'and Builders' Club has continued production under its own brand name since 2000.

In 1998 the company took over the production of the Maelstrom from Evans Hunter Sports Cars , which continued to be offered as Maelstrom. In 2002 BWE Sportscars continued production.

literature

  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 940. (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. 65, 123, 148, 155, 168 and 275 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 940. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h 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. 65, 123, 148, 155, 168 and 275 (English).