On one hand this looks like a pile of scrap, but on the other hand, it’s an untouched Aztec 7 kit that hasn’t been cut up, meaning everything is nice and straight (no sagging louvers). It also comes with the highly coveted windshield intact, so this is a great find both for someone looking to build a new one from scratch, and for someone looking for a car to use as replacement parts for their own. You can actually see some older pictures of it here which are far more appealing.
Ed had actually bought the car as a father-son project, but then his son was shipped off to Iraq. Four years later, and interest has been lost. Drop Philip an email at mungusorungus@yahoo.com if you’re interested in the kit — asking price is $2,000… and it even comes with a Fiero that you could potentially mount the car on. If you don’t want the Fiero, they might be willing to negotiate for a little less.
I don’t see many kit cars for sale in Canada, so I thought I’d mention that there’s a 1600cc VW-based Kelmark for sale in Trenton, Ontario (a bit less than two hours east of Toronto) on Kijiji (#72804640). According to the ad, the car runs but isn’t yet road worthy — that said, the Kelmark is well designed and these are rarely much work to get running nicely. It has an Ontario registration and lots of paperwork, and you could in theory be driving it with some brake work and a tune-up.
Just noticed this kit car / buggy on a VW chassis, identified as a “Gumby” (perhaps because it looks like Gumby, I don’t know) for sale on Craigslist (#831133738) in the Los Angeles area… The seller got it in an estate sale and doesn’t know much about it either — anyone recognize it?
There’s a rare Kudos kit car, built by Square One Development in the 80s, up for sale (#140264583367) in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, UK, after having sat on a trailer (included in the sale) for the last few years outdoors. This example is built on MR2 components, although others are built around an Alfa driveline. It would be a fair amount of work to get the car running, but for fans of the car this could be a great project — the last two photos (found online) are of Graham Boulter’s hill climb Kudos, powered by a 1700cc Alfa engine.
Wayne (bubbawayne1984@yahoo.com) in Bonner Springs (near Kansas City) has got this interesting “Mini Mack” (not to be confused with a “Mini-18″ which shared the name initially) for sale at an asking price of only $1,200. It’s a DIY project (one-off forward tilting front end and custom rear deck) on a 1977 4-cylinder manual Ford Ranger chassis, with full lighting, air horns, and stacks like a miniature big rig. It’s been through quite a lot of owners so the history of the vehicle is not known.
The last photo is a picture of a similar project that I worked on years ago — we mated the front of a Mini-18 kit to a truck, and then hung a trailer axle off the rear to give it six wheels, which I think would be a pretty neat addition for the next owner of Wayne’s truck!
Edit: I think I have my terminology wrong; an earlier car was the GT-5… I’m not sure what this one was called — although it may have shared the name?
The Invader GT-5 is a car that came a little too late — it’s extremely striking, and fixes all of the visual problems with the lines of earlier cars in the series, but unfortunately by the time it was released the design (and the general interest in this type of kit car) had lost its steam. I believe the molds for this design are still held by Kaylor Kit, but I’d be surprised if there are even ten of them in existence.
It needs finishing, but this ultra-rare Invader GT-5 is currently up on Craigslist (817433159) in Springfield, OR (near Eugene). If I thought I could get it into Canada* I’d buy it in a heartbeat, as the owner wants $2,500 or best offer… And I do get the impression they’d let it go for less — they’ve listed it as a “Mantis” and I don’t think they know what they have. Seriously, this is a special car, and you’ll probably never see one on the market again.
* And if you think you can import it, write me!
There’s a decent looking Manta Mirage up on eBay right now (#220273752407) in Mooresville, IA (although the car has a Missouri title and a California VIN). It’s very bright yellow, and has an unfortunate wing and over-sized scoop mounted on the rear that detract from the car’s lines, but these could be removed for the less garish purchaser. The car was completed in 2000 and is a Ford 302 mated to the 4-speed Corvair transmission — the standard Manta setup. It has disc brakes all around and air bag suspension up front to lift the long, low nose over speed bumps.
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