Dutton was a British manufacturer known for its prolific production of kit cars, with an estimated total of around 8,000 kits produced during its operational years. Founded by Tim Dutton-Woolley in the late 1960s, the company emerged from his realization that there was a lack of affordable kit cars in the market. The first model, the Mantis, was a gull-wing coupé based on a modified Lotus Eleven. Dutton's initial foray into kit cars began with…