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| The club is based in the UK though we have members scattered around the world: Holland, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Norway, USA, Australia, New Zealand. The club has a membership of around 300. So many Spartans were exported to Holland there is now a Dutch Spartan Owners Club. Visit their bi-lingual website. |
The Spartan was the idea of Jim McIntyre who produced the first Spartan Kit in 1973. This was based on the Triumph Herald or Vitesse and used the Herald chassis. Later Spartan produced their own chassis as the Triumph ones were starting to rot. When the Herald ceased to be produced the car underwent a major re-design and was based on the Ford Cortina MK3 to 5. In 1995 the Spartan Facory ceased to trade. |
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This site was re-designed when it moved to this new URL in June 2008. You are visitor
since 3.2.1997 |
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During those
22 years Jim developed several other kits starting with the Sherwood Estate,
and the Starcraft Camper both of which were based on the Cortina. The
factory was based in Pinxton, Nottinghamshire. In later years Steve Beardsall
(who had been Jim's floor manager for many years) took over the company
and produced the Treka which was based on the Ford Fiesta. During this
time around 4000 kits were produced. Many of the older kits are now being
bought and re-built. |
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