JPR Cars
JPR Cars was a British manufacturer of replica kit car automobiles .
History
John Paul Randall, who previously worked for Dutton Cars and an Australian kit car manufacturer, founded the company in 1984.Located at the Goodwood Circuit in Chichester in County West Sussex . He started producing automobiles and kits . The brand name was JPR . 1996 ended the production. In total, about 148 copies were made.
First and best selling model was the Wildcat .
Although it is not an exact replica of the E-Type, the Wildcat produced by JPR Cars is described as 'the definitive E-Type kit', recreating the MKI Jaguar profile but with its own personality intact. More than three years of development have followed from the time of the prototype's completion, so that the Wildcat is now easy to build in kit form and an efficient performer once completed. Using any of the Ford engines from 1600 to V6 3000cc, or the Rover V8, the Wildcat is mechanically simpler and more reliable than the big Jaguar. A Ford Pinto based version is available for the American market and a range of Japanese engines can be fitted in the Far East export model. A complex spaceframe backbone chassis provides the basis for a strong GRP bodyshell and an original type forward hingeing bonnet. A glassfibre hardtop is also available.
The vehicle was 20 cm wider than the original. A chassis of TVR formed the base. The rear rigid axle came from Ford . Initially a four-cylinder pinto engine from the Ford Cortina was used in the vehicles. Later, more powerful four- and six-cylinder engines from Jaguar Cars , the Ford Sierra components were used. This model created until 1996 about 122 copies. The Wildcat 2 + 2 supplemented the range in 1987. The vehicle was 23 cm longer and offered two small rear seats in addition. This model found 20 buyers until 1996.
Rover V8 - Top speed 130 mph- 0-60 6.5 second-BHP 155
The Wildcat Le Mans resembled the hardtop coupe lightweight . Between 1991 and 1996, three vehicles of normal length and two, which were 23 cm longer.
The SL , a replica of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL as a roadster , was created in 1993 and remained a unique piece. An engine from Daimler-Benz powered the vehicle.
