Chris who tattoos at Mountainside Tattoo in Bellows Falls (Springfield), VT, is selling this Scorpion GT kit car on eBay (#300234874430). The Scorpion GT is very similar to the Bradley GT (and I think perhaps identical in the rear), but with a different front end hood and light design. A very fun car, half way between a dunebuggy and a sportscar, this one is built on a solid ‘69 VW chassis. It needs minor work to correct a small oil leak, but many parts have been recently replaced (starter, fuel pump, carb, master cylinder, brake lines, battery) and until Chris decided he’d like to trade for a new toy, a motorcycle, this was driven regularly.
The Scorpion GT is a far less common kit car than the Bradley, and was sold by VW/GT Conversions with body kits starting at $750, and fully assembled cars selling for about $3,000 plus the donor chassis.
Seth has what I think is one of the nicest, cleanest looking Fiberfab Aztec 7’s on the market, and it’s currently up for sale in a no-reserve eBay auction (#250261020174). His car is located in Lynchburg, VA, and the auction is currently at a mere $761 (it ends next Wednesday). If I was going to bid on an Aztec 7, this one would definitely be getting my attention, and I think whoever gets this will be quite happy. Personally I think this one is worth somewhere in the $10,000 range.
As I mentioned, this example looks super-clean with a nice by-the-book finish on the car, although they’ve fixed what I think is the design’s one Achilles heel, the ultra-ugly and somewhat immense light pods (check them out on the Aztec 7 a few entries down from this one). His headlights have been relocated to the tip of the nose. It hasn’t driven since 2002 — this is another “barn find” — but it seems to be a pretty solid example and I can’t imagine it would take much time or money to get it into a daily driver state. It’s registered as a “1992 Reconstruction”, so it’s got a nice kitcar title rather than just being registered as a Beetle.
Continue reading after the break for a big gallery of pictures of the car.
This trike is currently on eBay (#190230739859) for about a thousand dollars at four days to go. Not much is known about it as it’s a “barn find”, but the assumption is that it was handbuilt (which I’d first assumed using foam sandwich construction, but in reality it’s a steel body) during the eighties. Apparently it was shown on the ISCA circuit and won a class championship in Handbuilt Sports for the Great Lakes Division. It’s been in storage for two decades, and has only 185 miles indicated on the odometer. The fuel pump seems to be dead, but other than that it runs (so whoever buys it will have to trailer it, but shouldn’t have too much trouble getting it going).
It’s built around a 1973 nicely detailed 1600cc VW driveline with a 4-speed transaxle. Suspension at the rear is VW IRS with coil-overs, and the front is a custom design built out of 2″ plated square tube. Gauges are Stewart-Warner and the upholstery is crushed velvet. It’s still registered as a VW Beetle, but I doubt that registration would hold up in most states.
This one-off custom Oldsmobile Toronado was appraised with a replacement cost of $175,000 and a “fair market value” of $105,000… The eBay auction (#270244834481) is currently at $8,500 with no bids, and it won’t surprise me if that’s where it stays. The current owner bought it with the intention of painting it and getting it on the road as an outrageous show car — and I agree, it probably would be quite striking — but never got it out of storage, with other projects taking priority. The Toronado was widened and lengthened significantly (so it’s about the size of a 1960 Lincoln convertible), with the addition of a Carson top and rumble seat in the back. Each row of seats (including the rumble seat) sits three.
Beginning in the early eighties, Covin built a Porsche 911 Turbo replica (both in this style and as a flatnose). Normally built around VW components and a fiberglass body, Luke’s example is running a 2 litre twin cam Vauxhall engine, currently for sale on eBay UK (#180254304436, located in Somerset). While it’s true that you can now buy a genuine Porsche 911 for not much more than a Covin replica, the truth is that the Covin is a far rarer vehicle, as well as costing less to maintain and insure… If you’re interested in more info, check out Covin Technical.
Many times here I’ve mentioned how much I like the Invader GT kit car… It’s an “awkwardly exotic” but endearing design originally prototyped by plastics student Bruce Weeks (Autokit) that’s been through a number of iterations, with a production run lasting from the early 70s, both domestically and in Spain, until at least the late 90s (under Kaylor Kit) — there’s even talk of more being produced, using Roy Kaylor’s high performance 100+ mpg hybrid setup.
Anyway, I was happy to see this beautiful example, one of the cleanest examples out there, up for sale (#220244019018) here in Ontario, Canada. The car is built on a ‘71 VW Karman Ghia chassis as has about 200 miles on a rebuilt 1650cc engine (currently driven on weekends). The lockable gullwing doors were fabricated by the owner out of heavy lexan… If it doesn’t sell on eBay I’ll try and go see it in person next week and post some more pictures.
Bob is selling (#270244501530) this very strange even more wedge-like interpretation of the already wedge shaped Lamborghini Countach for his dad — it’s located in Letchworth Herts, UK (near Stansted Airport in Essex), and is currently sitting at £300 with no bids. His father bought it years ago in its current state, and they don’t know anything about it’s history or designer — my assumption is that it’s a one-off project. Apparently it’s sized to fit a VW chassis, but it’s never been mounted to anything.
Edit: This car has since been identified as a “Panache” kit car.
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