Price Of His Toys » Mantis Aegean http://www.priceofhistoys.com Kit car and homebuilt vehicle blog Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:57:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Dave Loring’s Kit Cars http://www.priceofhistoys.com/2008/12/21/dave-lorings-kit-cars/ http://www.priceofhistoys.com/2008/12/21/dave-lorings-kit-cars/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:05:05 +0000 Shannon Larratt http://www.priceofhistoys.com/?p=1937 Note: I’m in Mexico until the New Year, but keep on emailing me your cars to snowrail@gmail.com and I’ll post them on my return!

Schmitty who owns the Mantis Aegean a few entries back sent in this set of amazing brochures from early kit car designer Dave Loring, whose designs are said to have been ripped off by the Invader GT and the Kellison Shark. I especially love the cab that he designed for the Aegeon — I hope someone modifies their Invader to include something like that!

]]> http://www.priceofhistoys.com/2008/12/21/dave-lorings-kit-cars/feed/ 10 Mantis Ageon / Targa http://www.priceofhistoys.com/2008/12/04/mantis-ageon-targa/ http://www.priceofhistoys.com/2008/12/04/mantis-ageon-targa/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:30:07 +0000 Shannon Larratt http://www.priceofhistoys.com/?p=1880 A while back I posted about a car that I ID’d as an Invader, even though the Craigslist seller was identifying it as a “Mantis”, a car I’d never heard of. Extremely lucky bastard Jason “Schmitty” Milsom managed to pick up this striking vehicle for the scant price of $2,000 and I am very, very jealous of his acquisition. He writes,

It turns out it is a Mantis Ageon or Targa after all. I just bought a “Mantis” Brochure on eBay (although I haven’t received it yet). It looks like the Kaylor Invader is actually a Mantis that they renamed Invader GT-5 for some reason. The title for my car says it’s a 1975 which is before Kaylor was building cars. It’s not running and has lots of problems. Since purchase I have installed a different engine (a dual port dual carb 1600 that was in an original 1944 Kubelwagen), installed a new steering column, did minimal electrics to make it legally driveable (lights, etc), installed pedals, cables, and so on, and just recently put the louvered cover (from a 240Z) over the big hole in the back. The car is only 37 1/2″ tall and an absolute blast to drive.

Have I mentioned how jealous I am? This is one of the most striking of the aggressive seventies exotic designs out there, and a very special car. Speaking of special cars, you may also notice a Trivette trike in the second photo!

[Note: I initially misspelled -- this is a "Mantis Aegean Coupe".]

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