Russell France

Russell France was a car builder based in Christchurch, New Zealand, who produced a small series of fibreglass-bodied cars called the Dart as a hobby rather than a commercial venture. He grew up in Christchurch and learned fibreglass work as a boy at his uncle's boat-building business, Arnold France Ltd, before training as a pattern maker through an apprenticeship with pump manufacturer FC Penfold, a trade that gave him the…