Ogle Designis a British design consultancy company founded in 1954 byDavid Ogleand based inLetchworth,Hertfordshire.
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History
edit- 1954 Ogle Design was founded and produced many successful designs of industrial and household products.
- 1959 The company became involved in transport design and small-scale car production.
- 1962 Ogle was killed in a car crash involving one of his SX1000 cars,Tom Karentook over as Managing Director and Chief Designer of the company, and car production ceased.
- 1974 Separate divisions were formed for product and transport design.
- 1999 Oct. Ogle Models and Prototypes sold the design business to Ogle Noor.
- 1999 Ogle Noor formed.
Designs
editHousehold products
edit- Bush TR82portable radio, launched in 1959
Transport products
edit- TheChopperbicycle forRaleigh,launched in 1970
- For theBirmingham Small Arms-Triumph motorcyclescompany
- TheBSA Rocket 3
- TheTriumph TridentT150
- For theReliant Motor Company:
- TheScimitar GTE,launched in 1968
- TheBond Bug,launched in 1970
- TheRobin,launched in 1973
- ForPlaxton:
- Plaxton Panorama I of 1964
- Plaxton Panorama Eliteof 1968
- Plaxton Paramountrange of coach bodies
- TheDuple Dominantcoach body launched in 1972
- Lucas Electric Taxi,1975[1]
- Modular truck cab forShelvoke and DrewryandDennisrefuse collection vehicles and fire appliances - launched in 1978.
- TheLeylandRoadtrain range of Design Award winning truck cabs
- Leyland TX4501986 technology demonstrator truck
- ForGeorge Lucas
- Luke Skywalker's XP-34Landspeeder
- For the Otosan Automotive Company (Turkey)
- TheAnadol A1(FW5) launched in 1966
- ForCóras Iompair Éireann
- Leyland Atlantean D1-D602 (1967-1974)
Car production
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Between 1959 and 1962 they built a series of complete cars.
The first was the 1.5 based on an extendedRiley1.5 chassis with BMCB series1500 cc engine. The two-door, four-seater coupé-styled body was built ofglass fibre.It was capable of nearly 90 mph (140 km/h) and eight were made with a price tag of £1574.
Made in greater numbers was the 1962SX1000based on theMini.The first cars were built by grafting the Ogle glass fibre body to a customer supplied Mini. The conversion cost £550 plus the customer supplied base car. Later in 1962, complete cars became available with the 997 cc Cooper version costing £1176. Any of the Mini engines could be specified up to theMini Cooper Sunit which topped out at 110 mph (180 km/h). The cars were fully equipped and featured a padded dashboard for increased safety.[2]It is thought that 66 were made, withJack Brabhambuying one for his wife Betty for their first anniversary.[3]Following David Ogle's death, it was decided to cease car production with the remaining parts being used up. A batch intended for the United States was converted to right-hand drive and sold onto the home market. It is thought the last one left the factory as late as 1964. The moulds were sold in 1966 to Norman Fletcher, a boat builder inWest Bromwich,West Midlands, who exhibited a Fletcher GT at the 1967 Racing Car Show.
The final car was the SX250, an updatedDaimler SP250built in 1962. Two were made, butDaimlerwas not interested and the design was sold to Reliant where it became the basis of theScimitar GTwhich was launched in 1964.
In 2012 a replica Ogle SX1000 was available from Nostalgia Cars.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"Taci trendsetter".Autocar.143(4120): 21. 25 October 1975.
- ^Björklund, Bengt, ed. (March 1962). "Hundkoja i lyxklass" [Luxury Mini].Illustrerad Motor Sport(in Swedish). No. 3. Lerum, Sweden. p. 22.
- ^Björklund, Bengt, ed. (September 1962). "Från skilda fronter" [From different fronts].Illustrerad Motor Sport(in Swedish). No. 9. Lerum, Sweden. p. 26.
- ^Nostalgia Cars Ogle SX1275