The folks at Freddie’s Transmission in Dallas, who have quite a few neat old cars for sale (including a VW Trike) have a first-generation FiberFab Aztec (being sold for a customer) — which I prefer to the later slew of GT40-knockoffs that later dominated the exotic kitcar market — with the flip-top for sale for one of their customers. It’s definitely a project with a lot of work, and hasn’t run in years. “Make an offer”, they say. In my opinion it’s worth in the realm of $500… hope you have plenty of time on your hands. Love the paint job it used to have. Very Austin Powers.

…but does it come with the ketchup bottle?

Nick has this beautiful example of a Sterling kit car up for sale in the Cleveland, Ohio area. He says the car needs a little work, with problems holding a charge, as well as some work to repair imperfections in the fiberglass (minor chips and so on), and the interior (dashboard and carpet). Unfortunately there is also a crack in the windshield. The previous owner made a nice upgrade to the light pods, giving a look that’s a coherent mix of modern and classic sportscar design. Nick paid $10,000 for the car when he bought it. If you’re interested in buying it, drop him a line at nick_valo@—-.– SOLD!.

Speaking of classic fiberglass cars, one of the progenitors of the US kit car scene, and still one of the most beautiful cars (and high performance, arguably a better car than the competing Cobra as it significantly outperformed everything in its class) in American automotive history, is the Devin SS, part of a lineage of vehicles made by Bill Devin in the fifties and sixties. I think the one in this entry may actually be the kit that came after, which was directly based on the SS — as far as I know the SS was a turnkey only, built on a tube chassis… But visually it’s the same car. I think it sold for about $400 at the time.

In any case, Kurt is currently selling his on eBay (#170238160932), although there’s a good chance it won’t hit its reserve, so if you’re interested in the car, email him at fretless1369@sbcglobal.net. The body on his sat untouched for almost fifty years, and has now been mounted on a 1986 Saab 900 floorpan with a Chrysler 360 V8 and an automatic transmission. I use “mounted” loosely, because it’s just been cut to fit and hasn’t been bolted on or attached permanently in any way… The car is rolling, but is going to take lots of work to get running and looking as good as it can. The Devin fenders will need to be glassed/blended into the fenders that are part of the Saab chassis.

Without a doubt some serious time will need to be put into this project, but for the person willing to do it, they’ll be left with something truly special.

A number of individuals came together to build this beautiful late fifties one-off sportscar. John Bond, publisher of Road&Track begun the process, wanting to build an American car to compete in Le Mans. Marvin Horton, who worked for a ram-jet manufacturing corporation, and later Alton Johsnson of Victress Manufacturing (giving him extensive fiberglass experience), joined forces to complete the project. They tossed ideas around in the magazine through 1958, and then began working on the chassis and finishing the body design.

After the drawings were complete, a wood and plaster plug was built for the body, which they finished over about three months of grueling grinding, priming, and puttying. This is when Johnson joined them to complete the plug and make a mold, taking the first body in trade. By August they had it assembled, after which they fine-tuned the aerodynamics.

The sleek body which eschewed trim in favor of recessed features was low, about four feet to the roof, with gullwing doors to ease entry. The tube frame chassis included a ‘57 Corvette V8 and a Merc 3.50 rear end, steering out of a 1950 Ford, brakes from a Lincoln, and Monroe shocks. The wheelbase was 90″ and the tread 50″. Unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge this car did not make it into production other than this one prototype, although Victress of course produced many other fiberglass bodies.

One of the members at VWVortex spied this bizarre looking beast in Montreal recently. No details are known, but it appears to be built on a truck chassis, using body components from a C3 Corvette and other vehicles (including a Mitsubishi Eclipse liftback waiting to be blended in). It has a certain Deathrace 2000 appeal, but it’s not going to be winning any beauty contests…

Of all the new kit car projects I’ve posted, I think this is the one I’m most excited about, a replica of the stunning AMX/3 prototype. The AMX/3 was debuted by Bizarrini and AMC in 1970, but was dropped as a project due to the similar and competing Ford Pantera. Tom Dulaney at AMX390.com managed to get his hands on the original rolling fiberglass prototype and has taken molds off of it with the intent of putting this vehicle that’s a beautiful mix of muscle car and Italian supercar back into production. Visit his site for updates and to get yourself on the waiting list — here are a few shots from early in the construction of the first chassis (the first picture is of one of the originals).

Mike is selling a completely untouched Fiberfab Jamaican body — never had any holes drilled, never had the windows cut, nothing — sitting waiting for someone to install it onto a VW chassis. He’s located in Mentone, California, and is asking $1,900 or best offer (you’ll have to ask him why the windshield says $500). You can write him at the_potatoking@hotmail.com.

If you’re interested in putting this together, here’s the assembly manual for this version of the Fiberfab Jamaican (mirrored from the excellent FiberFab.us resource).