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Re: Frogeye Car Company

To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Frogeye Car Company
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:21:02 -0700 (MST)
> Could someone please tell me if Keith Brading's "Frogeye Car Company" on the
> Isle of Wight is still a going operation?  If so, contact information would
> be appreciated.  If not, I'd be curious to know whatever happened to it. 
> Thanks very much.
> 
> Cheers, 
> Reid Trummel
> Tampa, Florida


If my memory is correct, he stopped making the kits about 5 years ago,
and then started making complete Frogeye's. These were all shipped to
Japan as they were crazy about British cars. There was a new law that 
allowed kit/custom car manufactures to make a limited amount of complete cars
(~50 a year) without the need to go through full crash testing and a 
"type certification", hence the complete cars.

Don't know what has happened - if you want I can call a friend in the UK
who used to be a "dealer" for his kits. 

When I left the UK last year - I noticed there were ads in the Austin Healey
club mag for another forgeye kit - which I belive was a metal body built
on a Mini sub frame.

Robert

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