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Southern Roadcraft Limited 

 Automotive manufacturer of Great Britain from 1984 to 1999.
Automotive manufacturer of Great Britain from 1984 to 1999.
 Roadcraft UK Limited , formerly Southern Roadcraft Limited , was a British manufacturer of replica kit car automobiles . 

History

The brothers Ian and Brian Nicholls founded in 1984, the company Southern Road Craft Limited in Portslade in the county of West Sussex . They started with the production of automobiles and kits . The brand name was Southern Roadcraft . In 1987, the move to Southwick at Brighton in West Sussex and 1994 to Lancing in West Sussex. From 1994, the company was renamed as Roadcraft UK Limited , as Geoff Mills took over the management. 1999 ended production. In total, about 720 copies were created. 

Madgwick Cars from Pagham continued to produce a model starting in 2003.

The first and best selling model SR V8 was a replica of the AC Cobra . A tubular frame formed the base. Then an open two-seater body was mounted. Various V8 engines powered the vehicles. From this model created about 600 copies.

The SR V12 was modeled after the Ferrari 365 Daytona . Initially imported by McBurnie Coachcraft from the US , the company developed its own version, which was available from 1988. Jaguar Cars' V6 and V12 engines powered the vehicles. By 1993, about 120 copies were made.


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