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Davrian was the creation of Adrian Evans, a structural engineer and designer of the cars, from 1965, with co-designer and former Ferrari Formula One driver Mike Parkes. the Davrian used a 875 or 998 cc (53.4 or 60.9 cu in) aluminium alloy Hillman Imp engine based on the Coventry Climax.
In 1967, the design had settled to a 2-seat glass fibre monocoque coupé, officially called the Davrian Demon or Davrian Imp and series production started with a company being formed called Davrian Developments.based in North Street, Clapham, London, from 1965 to 1976 before relocating to to Tregaron, Dyfed, Wales in 1976 and to Lampeter also in Dyfed 1976-83. .

The cars were sold in kit form. A variety of power units were offered including Mini (for mid-mounting), the Type 1(for rear mounting) and Ford Fiesta, with cars weighing around 4cwt (448 lbs). Over the years a series of improvements led the cars to go through Marks I to 8. They proved very popular in amateur hands as rally and circuit racing cars. In 1980 the Mk8 was offered as a complete car called the Davrian Dragon. This was mid-engined and used Ford Fiesta components and engine. The company was insufficiently capitalised for this operation, and went into receivership in 1983

The rights to the Dragon were purchased by Will Cory who resumed production in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, with the body restyled by Tony Stevens. and the name changed to the Cory Cultra Ford engines and were used and the suspension was based on that of the Mk III Cortina. The cars were mostly sold for competition use, but a few road-going versions were made.

The Davrian was revived in 1986 The body was considerably modified and the car became mid-engined. Like the Davrian, the Darrian is built using a glass-fibre composite monocoque body construction. The engine was usually from a Ford, but the Rover V8 or Vauxhall 16-valve units were options.

In 1996, Swansea Institute Team Darrian (SITD) took outright honours in the Privilege Insurance British GT Championship. The company also built a limited number of replica Alpine A110s known as the Monte Carlo MC220 Berlinette. Now based in Llangybi, near Lampeter and owned by Tim Duffee, Darrians continue to be built and raced with great success, performing many giant-killing acts. The current model is the Darrian T90GTR, usually fitted with the Millington 2.5 16v 4-cylinder racing engine producing 300BHP, mated to a Hewland tranaxle.

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Shot at Shugborough Hall Car Show, Milford, Staffordshire 13:08:2013 Ref 96-049

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