This rare kit is for sale (#200229865205) in Oxfordshire, UK. It’s built on a standard 1600cc VW Beetle chassis that retains the original doors and windshield, with the rest being a fiberglass 911-style Porsche rebody with whale tail. It reminds me of some of the “Mulholland Look” conversions sold by companies like Creative Car Craft, although this is a little more involved than those bolt-on kits.
With the auction (#120269856014) just started this West Yorkshire, UK Porsche 718 built on a VW chassis is already at £2,550. The owner bought it four years ago with the intent of restoring it, but like so many kits bought with that intention, has decided to pass the task off to someone new before finishing. The engine has been redone and some improvements have been made to the chassis, and it comes with the windows, a carpet, and a cover.
One of the more refined kit cars of the classic era was the Bradley GT II, released after the huge success of its precursor. This one sat in the crate until 2000, as it came in part form from the factory. It was finally completed last year, with the following specs:
- 1971 Karman Ghia Frame and refurbished pan (sandblasted, new rails, etc.)
- High performance 1776 cc engine (dual carbs with electric choke, 1 1/2 qt oil pan extension, etc.)
- Beefed up transaxle with higher gear ratio for comfortable highway cruising
- 4-wheel disc brakes
- Vinyl interior with carpet
- Full gauges (speedometer, tachometer, amp meter, oil pressure, clock, oil temperature, voltmeter and fuel level)
- Engine compartment and hatch glass electric solenoids with mechanical backup
- Professional installation on the dual sunroofs, tinted windows
- Air conditioning
- New paintjob
- Factory manual
And of course this beautifully completed Bradley GT II gets over 30mpg due to it’s low 43″ profile and VW driveline. With only 15 hours left to go on the auction (#180247880491), I don’t think it’ll hit its reserve, so I’ve asked the seller for some follow-up info so perhaps you’ll see more on this car and its build here soon. Very nice kit and a great build either way…
Ah, the things you find in the forest…
Here’s a rare one — listed out of Chardon, Ohio, this “Urba Sport” Trimuter (#180248871044) is a potential solution to the current fuel crisis! It’s one of my favorite RQ Riley vehicles, and they still offer Trimuter plans (which are included in this auction). This one is running a plug-in EV setup, with an ~30hp electric engine mated to a VW transmission that gives a potential 50 mile range. It’s got the original low-tech controller installed, but comes with a more efficient GM EV-1 controller that could be installed — and judging by the rough shape of the driveline, it’s probably a good idea.
With three days left on the auction, I doubt this car (a true homebuilt, not a kit) will move past $1,500. Even if all you did was use the body, salvaged a few components, and built a new chassis, enormous time would be saved for someone who wanted to build this unique vehicle.
It hasn’t been driven in over twenty five years, but I think this Invader GT still has a ton of potential… It’s a notoriously hard car to sell, and this one (#130227788619) may not hit its reserve by the June 9 end of auction… There were a few generations of Invader (if you click the Invader GT tag, you’ll see a number of body types), and I think this is one of the early ones. The seller has the doors, but it looks like this one comes without the rear louvers.
The thing that’s always bugged me about the Invader GT is that it looks great in the front 2/3, but then gets very, very awkward, as if the designers started at the front and got tired and quit partway through the creation… If I bought this car, I’d glass the lower doors in permanently, and reshape the rear so it at least matches the shape of the windshield — the current transition from round to square doesn’t work at all. Still, one of my favorites.
I just saw a Fiberfab Aztec 7 body listed on eBay (#130228006517). It looks super-clean and I doubt it’ll move up much past its initial $500 — if it even gets a bid (ending June 10) and I’m sure it would be an easy assembly, but it does appear to have an Achilles heel — no windshield. The Aztec 7 was built around the windshield of a Lamborghini Muira, and while replicas were available at the time for this kit, these days I believe you’re stuck buying the real thing. When I cracked the windshield in mine they were going for about $3,500, which made me decide to sell the car because of the expense…
I feel bad picking on this car, because it’s just so ridiculously ugly that I doubt the creator is even aware of what a monstrosity it is… I mean, it looks like it’s a destroyed Fiero that someone has stapled pieces of silver cardboard all over. The only reason I can think of that someone would bid on eBay item #270021535339 is to scavenge the two Fieros for parts. I’m sorry, but I think this may be the ugliest car I’ve ever posted here. In a way, it’s heartbreaking to imagine that this is the result of hundreds of hours of someone pouring their heart into a dream project.
Yeah, it looks promising in the first thumbnail, I know…
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