This beautiful second-generation Fiberfab Aztec 7, built exactly as it was designed to be built with a clean and original look, is currently up on eBay (#260266224423) in Kingman, Arizona. It’s barely been driven, and has a dual carb 1835cc engine (which is good, since it’s had an A/C system added, a rarity in VW-based kit cars). The body and interior both look solid, and it comes with all the manuals and every receipt since 1978… For anyone looking for a classic Aztec 7, this is one of the nicest ones you’ll see.

The Cimbria (which later became the Neria in an improved form) by Amore Cars was one of many cars that was spawned by the Nova/Sterling lineage. Personally, I don’t know why anyone would give up the sleek lines of the original, or give up the lifting top in exchange for undersized gullwing doors, but that’s the Cimbria for you. The only thing I like about the Cimbria is the addition of a rear hatch design lifted from the DeTomaso Mangusta.

This one is on eBay right now (#220258241050) in Palmdale, CA, but I’ll be surprised if it even sells for the opening bid of $720. It’s in incredibly rough shape and comes with no paperwork for the chassis other than a bill of sale, not that the chassis or driveline is likely of too much value in the condition that it’s in… to say nothing of the fiberglass looking sickly and the windshield being missing… I will be impressed if this body ever hits the road, and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone other than the die-hard Cimbria fan that’d be willing to take it in any condition…

I’m in the process of moving so posts may be sporadic. Tips and cars to toys@priceofhistoys.com continue to be appreciated and will be posted!

Currently waiting for an opening bid of just $10,000 (#130238688697) is this orange Manta Mirage in Santa Rosa, California, United States. It’s been finished (in the early eighties, after which the owner died and the car has basically sat since then), but because of the expired paperwork, in California it needs to pass smog testing, which obviously won’t happen — probably this car is best for buyers in states with no such requirement. It’s running the standard Chev 350 V8 mated to a Corvair 4-speed transmission setup, and has some very minor body work needed, but this is a great price for someone looking for a Manta. With Lamborghini replicas and Cobras consistently fetching well over $40,000, it always amazes me how little the Mantas sell for these days.

I picked this Sterling kit car up this morning here in Toronto. It’s never been completely finished or on the road, sitting for four years in a garage with the most recent owner, and eight years in a garage with the previous owner. Fingers crossed the trend will now be broken. Not much else to write on the project, but I’ll keep you updated of course.

The Fiberfab Banshee (later renamed the Fiberfab Caribee after Fiberfab sold the Banshee name to GM in 1966) is one of their earliest and most beautiful cars, with long sleek lines highly reminiscent of the Daytona Cobra, with a more steeply raked windshield (out of a Corvette of the time) making it only 46″ high (and that’s with 6″ of ground clearance). Entry to the “spacious” cabin was through a pair of slightly small gullwing doors, and the car was first designed to fit an MGA, Austin Healy 6, or a Triumph TR-3 (and the TR-4 with slight modifications).

Michael bought a Caribee/Banshee that some numskull had mounted to a jacked up truck chassis (the fourth picture is as he bought it). He promptly removed it, with the intent of mounting it on a Corvette, but hasn’t got around to it and decided to put this rare body — only a dozen were made — up on eBay (#160261291277). Where he’s asking only $1,000 or best offer. Personally I think it’s worth this in a heartbeat, even for just the body — it’s a stunning vehicle when complete as you can see from the factory demo model photos and the pictures from Michael Luongo’s example. He’s located in Warren, MI — hurry and make your offer, because there are only six days left on the auction as I post this.

Tim Drager, an electrical engineer from Pottstown, PA, spent about $20,000 and 200 hours — a remarkably fast built on some levels — converting his 1971 Fiberfab Avenger into a plug-in electric vehicle. He’s driven it about 5,000 miles so far, and is selling it to support his new habit, a 1967 Cessna Turbo 210 aircraft.

With electricity at $.08 per KWH he figures it gets the equivalent of about 120mpg. It’ll do over 80mph (100-200hp equivalent — an ADVANCED DC #FB1-4001A — mated to the standard 4-speed VW transmission), and 0-60 in about 10 seconds. Range is between 100 miles and 30 miles depending on your driving habits, and it takes four to ten hours to charge on household voltage (Rudman PFC-20B system). Accessories are standard 12V, and the driveline is 144V DC at 500 amps. It’s got four-wheel disc brakes, door poppers, gauges, two sets of tires, and more.

Minor work is needed, including an oil change, dealing with some rattling, the interior, paint, corrosion treatment, sealing (you can run it in light precipitation, but for all-weather use some work needs to be done), and the headlight switch should be replaced. Minor trim should be fixed (as you can see in the picture of the headlight covers and steering wheel), but all-in-all, this has the potential to be an award winning vehicle. It also comes with the development laptop that interfaces to the vehicle. Tim describes it at present as an “amateur-built engineering prototype in drivable condition.”

If you’re interested in the car, it’s up on eBay right now (#140248875246) with an asking opening bid of $14,950, and Tim can be reached by email at tdrager@yahoo.com (tech support comes with the car of course). The car is currently located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

This is a slightly more recent Aztec than the one in the previous entry (if you go to the categories page you can see I have two models listed) — you can see it’s got a different rear design, and this one has gullwing doors rather than the fliptop (although this one is a spyder, so if it was me, I’d just glass them in and skip having doors). Personally I prefer the older one, but they’re both quite beautiful cars, this one being a little closer to the Ferrari 330 P2 that the seller has mimicked.

As with all Aztecs, this one is on a VW chassis. The engine is a 1600cc dual port, although the carbs have been removed if you’re wondering where the top half is — the buyer will have to complete the build. The car comes with two titles, a homebuilt title from West Virginia, and a ‘62 Chev title from Maryland that it’s currently on. It needs work across the board but is a good start (and is decidedly less work than the previous one), and is for sale on eBay in Charleston, South Carolina (#290245553954) for a starting bid of $2,000.