The GTM Coupe is a Mini based kit car dating back to 1967. The car was first shown at the 1967 Racing Car Show and soon afterwards went into production by the Cox brothers from their garage in Hazel Grove, Stockport as the Cox GTM. In 1970 the rights to the design and manufacturing were bought by Howard Heerey and the Cox part of the name dropped. In 1978 ownership changed again to GTM Engineering. The Coupe was manufactured by GTM Cars from 1983 to 1994.
The Coupe is a mid-engined two seater, the design is composed of two Mini front subframes, with traditional Mini rubber cone suspension, linked by a sheet steel semi-monocoque chassis.
The body is moulded in high quality glass reinforced plastic. It is extremely tough, non rusting and , being unstressed, is not subject to gel-coat star crazing as found on many cars using GRP body shells. The windscreen is laminated glass and the rear screen perspex.
The car was available in several groups of "part packs" that were designed to allow each stage of the build to be purchased separately as they were undertaken, spreading the costs over a period. In 1985 a complete kit cost £2380.
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