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The Peel Viking Sport was a Mini-based car made by the 
After two prototypes, production was taken over by Bill Last who formed Viking Performance of
Peel Engineering Company
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Peel Engineering Company
The Peel Engineering Company was a manufacturing company based in Peel on the west coast of the Isle of Man that primarily made fibreglass boats through its subsidiary company West Marine Ltd. and fairings for motorcycles.
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on the Isle of Man
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between 1966 and 1970. The 2+2 debuted at the 1966 Racing Car Show. Using moulded replicas of cut-down Mini doors, the glassfibre, monocoque
Monocoque ( ), also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell. The word ''monocoque'' is a French term for "single shell".
First used for boats, ...
, fastback styled bodyshell sold for 230 GBP and accepted standard Mini front and rear subframes on a square tube chassis.
After two prototypes, production was taken over by Bill Last who formed Viking Performance of Woodbridge, Suffolk
Woodbridge is a port and market town in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is up the River Deben from the sea. It lies north-east of Ipswich and forms part of the wider Ipswich built-up area. The town is close to some major a ...
to make it and the car was renamed the Viking Minisport. About 22 examples are thought to have been built before production ended in 1970. Viking Performance became Trident Cars
Trident Cars Ltd was a British car manufacturer based originally in Woodbridge, then in Ipswich, Suffolk between 1966 and 1974, and again after being restarted in 1976 from premises in Ipswich. The new company stopped production in 1977-78.
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in 1967 producing the TVR based Clipper car.
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