574 Davrian Badge - History (including Cor

Davrian Badge
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Davrian Developements Ltd. was founded 1967 by partners David Clarke and Adrian Evans (Dav-Rian at 65 North Street, Clapham in London.Adrian Evans (d. 1992), a structural engineer and the car's designer, built a series of cars called Davrian from 1965, based on components from the Hillman Imp, including the front and rear suspension, the 875 or 998 cc aluminium alloy Hillman Imp engine which was Coventry Climax based.

From 1967 the design had settled to a 2-seat glass fibre monocoque coupé, officially called the Davrian Imp and series production started with a company being formed called Davrian Developments. The cars were sold in kit form. Over time, a variety of power units were offered including the Mini-engined Davrian Demon (mid-mounted), Volkswagen Beetle Type 1 (rear-mounted),[1] Renault (rear-mounted) and Ford Fiesta (mid-mounted). The car weighed in at 4 cwt (448 lb (203 kg). Over the years, a series of improvements led the cars to go through Marks 1 to 8. They proved very popular in amateur hands as rally and circuit racing cars.

The company was always finacially precarious and in 1976 they relocated to Tregaron, Dyfed, Wales and moved again in 1980 to Lampeter, Dyfed,

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 198

The rights to the Dragon were bought by Will Corry and production transferred to Lisburn, Northern Ireland, to be built by the newly founded Corry Car Company, with a body restyled by Tony Stevens and the name changed to Cotty Cultra The cars were mostly sold for competition use, but a few road-going versions were made.

In 1986 the Darrian appeared, built in the old Davrian factory in Wales 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 replicas of the Renault Alpine A110 rally car, known as the Monte Carlo MC220 Berlinette. and is 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 transaxle

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Shot 167.11.2014 at The National Exhibition Centre, Classic and Sportscar Show Ref 103-574.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Solihull Metropolitan Borough (show map)

Taken on: December 3, 2017

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