Nota

Nota Sports and Racing Cars is an Australian car manufacturer in Dural (New South Wales). The company was founded by Guy Buckingham in 1952.

History

Buckingham was an aircraft engineer and used his skills to build sports car with space frame, probably the first cars with this frame type in Australia. In 1958, the company has a series all around with aluminum clad, aerodynamically shaped sports car manufactures. First, these cars were called Streamliner, later Mazengarb. By 1960, staged eleven of these vehicles. End of the 1950s, the firm also racing cars for Formula Junior ago. In 1963 the first with the construction of sports car based on the Mini. From 1964, the Sapphire was built. 1965 started the production of racing cars for Formula V. The Sportsman, a Lotus 7 clone, appeared in the 1960s. In 1968, the fishing, the most successful model, were built by the over 100 items. Nota 1973 began the construction of the series Marauder. The mechanics of the Marauder corresponded to the first of the catch, but in 1974 came out of Levanti with front engine. Ended in 1975, the delivery of the 1275 GT engines by Leyland and then Nota turned to Fiat. The Marauder models and Fang were with 2.0 l since that time - delivered twin cam engines of Lancia.

End of the 1970s brought Nota a Marauder with all-wheel drive and with a V8 engine with 5752 cc Ford out, but in the 1980s, Ford stopped the supply of these engines to Australia. After a trip to England Buckingham formed a team that designed a catch with 3.0 liter V6 Formula 1 engine with four camshafts, which, as the comparable Chimera, was fully dressed. 2003 Le Mans that was powered by a 1.3 -liter inline four- cylinder engine from the Suzuki GTi or a 1.1 liter engine from a Suzuki motorcycle appeared. For use on the road, the car could be equipped with a 1.8 liter engine with Toyota's six-speed gearbox or a 3.0 -liter V6 engine with four camshafts.

Models

Historic models

  • Nota FJ (Formula Junior)
  • Nota major
  • Nota Sapphire
  • Nota Fang

Current models

  • Nota Le Mans
  • Nota F1
  • Nota Fang
  • Nota Sportsman
  • Nota Chimera

Web link and source

Website of Nota Sports and Racing Cars (English)

Current brands: Birchfield | Bolwell | Germany | Bullet | Classic Glass | Devaux | DRB | Elfin | Finch | Ford | FPV | G-Force | Holden | HSV | Nota | OKA | PRB | Python | Toyota

Former brands: Alpha | AMI | Amuza | Ascort | Austin | Australian Six | Australis | Besst | Buchanan | Buckle | Caldwell Vale | Chic | Chrysler | Dart | Dodge | Edith | Fraser | Giocattolo | Hillman | Humber | Leyland | Lightburn | Lonsdale | Mitsubishi | Morris | Pellandini | Purvis | Singer | Statesman | Tarrant | Wolseley | Zeta

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