Wilson Spratt Motors

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Austin-Healey Center (1961–1965)
Wilson Spratt Motors (1965–1967)
legal form
founding 1961
resolution 1967
Seat Leighton Buzzard
management Douglas Wilson-Spratt, Jim McManus
Branch Automobile manufacturer

WSM Sprite
Side view

Wilson Spratt Motors , previously the Austin-Healey Center , was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Douglas Wilson Spratt, who sold British Motor Corporation vehicles in his Delta Garage in London , and Jim McManus founded the Austin-Healey Center company in the Swiss Cottage district of London in 1961 . They started developing automobiles, which led to production in 1962. The brand name was WSM . From 1965 the company operated under the name Wilson Spratt Motors , based in Leighton Buzzard . Production ended in 1967. A total of about 25 copies were made.

vehicles

The top-selling model was the Sprite . The Austin-Healey Sprite formed the basis . An aerodynamic coupé body was mounted on top. Initially the body was made of aluminum , later made of fiberglass . The vehicles were suitable for both racing and the road.

Also, some vehicles created based on Austin-Healey 3000 , MG 1100 and MG B .

In 2012 a WSM vehicle meeting was held, organized by Tony Wilson-Spratt, the founder's son.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter WSM.
  • 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. 1766. (English)

Web links

Commons : Wilson Spratt Motors  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter WSM.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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. 1766. (English)
  3. ↑ Oldtimer-TV about the meeting of 2012 (accessed on December 12, 2014)