Piper Cars was a United Kingdom manufacturer of specialist sports cars (an associate company of a camshaft and engine tuning parts manufacturer of the same name). The company was initially based in Hayes , then in Kent, with production taking place from 1968 at Wokingham , Berkshire and from 1973 at South Willingham , Lincolnshire.

2023年7月16日 · It was an elegantly designed open-topped sports car with a lightweight fiberglass body, a tubular steel spaceframe chassis, and a choice of engines to suit various racing classes. The team at Piper quickly realized they could do a roaring trade if they developed a hardtop coupe that could be set up as either a road-legal car or a race car.

Introduced at the 1967 Racing Car Show the prototype Piper GT, styled by Tony Hilder, was based around a tubular backbone spaceframe chassis, with fibreglass bodywork. This innovative sports racer was sold as a chassis / body unit to which Austin-Healey Sprite, Hillman Imp or Ford running gear could be fitted.

The resultant Piper GT, whose flowing, avant-garde lines (penned, like the Sports Racer, by Tony Hilder) pointed to a future that never quite came to pass, was launched at the 1967 Racing Car Show. Although it wasn’t an instant success – early problems with build quality brought a temporary halt to production – the GT clearly had potential.

2020年9月28日 · The first road-going Piper was the GT, unveiled in January 1967. It enjoyed a very warm reception from the motoring press at the time. The car used a box section, steel, "back-bone" style chassis (a la Lotus), which was bonded to the body, and featured BMC components and A series engines, such as used in the Sprite.

At only 30in high, the GTT offered great aerodynamics, nimble handling and excellent acceleration and speed. Production ceased in 1971 with only 34 cars built. With its …

2010年1月16日 · Introduced at the 1967 Racing Car Show the prototype Piper GT, styled by Tony Hilder, was based around a tubular backbone spaceframe chassis, with fibreglass bodywork. This innovative sports racer was sold as a chassis / body unit to which Austin-Healey Sprite, Hillman Imp or Ford running gear could be fitted.

Production of Piper Sports Cars began in the south of England, in 1968 and the first Piper GT road model, designed by Tony Hilder, was introduced at the January 1967 Racing Car Show. Immediately afterwards the Piper entered production as a body/chassis unit for home completion.

At the core of the GTR was a fibreglass tub and a 1.3-liter engine from Lotus. Tony Hilder was responsible for the design which only weighed 600 kg. Aerodynamics were a huge part of the design which included a areofoil that was tested at the Kingston Polytechnic.

2024年6月6日 · The small mid-engined sports racers featured a wide variety of engines ranging from an Alfa Romeo four-cylinder to a Buick V8. These racing cars were followed by a Austin Healey Sprite based road cars dubbed the Piper GT. By 1968 the control of the company had transferred to another amateur racer, named Brian Sherwood.