Carl in Tijeras, New Mexico, is the third owner of this Fiberfab Valkyrie GT-X but has lost interest in the project and has put it up for sale on eBay (#110274594321). He has all the receipts from the purchase in 1967 onward. He completed the car mechanically and has driven it about twenty miles in testing, but it’s unfinished — it needs paint, interior, inner fenders, side glass, door handles (the doors are hung though), mirrors, and so on.
The gauges and electrical and driveline all work. The engine is a 327 V8 out of a ‘67 Camaro, mated to a 4-speed Corvair transmission. Both are rebuilt with low miles. Radiator and steering are out of a Corvette, and the wheels are American Racing. Carl says it handles great and has driven it over 60mph in his testing (4500RPM in 2nd), and says it handles better than his ‘88 Lotus did.
Especially because the Valkyrie is back in production by Fiberfab.us, this is very much a project that someone could take over. The car is currently at $5,600 and was listed without a reserve. It comes with all the manuals.
This horrendous creation was built in 1986 by Marvin Arvin (perhaps all the teasing for his rhyming name is to blame), a retired Christian minister in Indiana, on a 283 V8 (requiring leaded fuel) and 350 automatic driveline out of a ‘66 Chevy station wagon. The metal bodywork was all done by Marvin, and the car is registered as a homebuilt and fully street legal. Apparently it’s been proudly driven in a number of Loogootee parades, and it’s currently up on eBay (110274122223). Surprisingly, a small bidding war is going on, although it has not yet hit reserve, so it must have some appeal.
This past winter Dennis spent about $7,000 converting his Bradley GT kit car to full plug-in electric running using a kit from e-volks. He’s using the 72 volt/40 HP D&D motor kit (kit #2) and twelve new deep cycle batteries which he’s put only thirty miles on so far. The car is capable of highway (55mph) speed and has a range of about thirty miles. The car is on air-adjustable suspension and other than the EV conversion is a normal VW Beetle chassis. Both body and interior need work to get them where they should be.
More photos of the build here. He’s asking $7,000 — write him at fakeplastictrees2@hotmail.com in Golden, CO if you’re interested. The car is also on eBay right now (#110273714784)… This might even be worth it for someone who wants to scrap the Bradley altogether and simply drop a different kitcar body over top.
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.
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.
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