Piper Cars

Piper Cars was a British manufacturer of sports cars (a subsidiary of the manufacturer of engine tuning parts of the same name ). Initially, the company was resident in Hayes (London), then in Kent, where the production from 1968 in Wokingham (Berkshire ) and was from 1973 in South Willington ( Lincolnshire ).

The first Piper GT, Tony Hilder had designed, was first shown at the Racing Car Show in January 1967, and then went as a body - chassis unit for kit cars in production. The chassis with front engine and rear-wheel drive had a front suspension from the Triumph Herald and a rear axle from Ford Depending on your choice could several motors are installed. Problems to the first vehicles delayed further production until the following year. At this time, a much improved version was introduced under the name of Piper GTT.

At the same time, the GTR is a sports car of Group 6 with mid-engine, of which there but only a few copies were before production ended due to the death of owner Brian Sherwood end of 1969 originated.

Two employees, Bill Atkinson and Tony Walker, took over the company, renamed them in Embrook Engineering and halted all racing activities. They focused on the improvement of road vehicles. 1971 resulted from the Piper P2 with many improvements to the chassis, body and interior. This model remained until the mid- 1970s in production. Estimates of the total number of vehicles vary between 80 Piper ( Piper at Sports Racing Car Club ) and a little over 100

External links and sources

Commons: Piper - collection of images, videos and audio files
Piper Sports and Racing Car Club (English)

Former Automobile Manufacturers Association ( London)
Former company (London Borough of Bromley )

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