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Tornado 1957-1964 - Kit or built up

Name: Tornado Talisman 1964
Brand: Tornado

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Created in 2012

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Roger Gloor

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Bruno von Rotz

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Tornado Tempest, 1960 (4 cyl., 997 cm3, 41 or 75 hp).

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Tornado Talisman (1961) - plastic sports car with a mass-produced heart from England

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Tornado Typhoon (1958) - at the "Fantastic Plastic" meeting 2013

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Tornado Talisman V8 (1963) - at the "Fantastic Plastic" meeting 2013

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Summary

There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. One of these lost brands is the English company Tornado Cars Limited, which initially sold its models as kits and thus helped its buyers to enjoy tinkering with them. The models always had a sporty look and sold well. The best-selling Typhoon made 400 copies.

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Founded in 1957 by William Woodhouse in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, Tornado Cars Limited was one of those companies that initially gave English fans the pleasure of tinkering and then the pleasure of driving a sports car at a reasonable price. In addition to kits, the Tornado models were also available from 1959 as fully built coupés and roadsters, both with two or just under four seats. The Tornado chassis comprised a main frame and two subframes in the form of tubes of different diameters. In addition, there were specially developed wheel suspensions including a front independent wheel construction and a rear rigid axle with Panhard rod. The plastic bodywork stood out with its racing-style, sweeping design.

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