Steve owns this ‘71 VW Beetle that’s had the rear removed and converted into a pick-up truck, which he bought as a project a few months ago. He doesn’t know anything about it, and was hoping someone here might know what kit it is, or if it’s more likely a one-off project.
Many of you surely remember the atrocious and embarrassing “Fierri Enzno” that was on eBay earlier this year… Well, I don’t know if it’s the same one restyled, or if there are actually more of these monstrosities around, but there’s a red version up on eBay right now right now (#200255251206)… Opening bid, $200: no takers.
Seriously, it really blows me away that anyone would be caught dead driving something like this, let alone put in the hundreds or, god forbid, thousands of hours of work to create this… Every single element of the car is wrong. Truly terrible.
A friend just tipped me off to this very unusual GT-40 inspired kit car for sale in Salt Lake CIty, Utah. The seller describes it as being made in 1972 by “Unique Mobility, Inc.” (who appear to have been a kit car company that primarily built electric vehicles, but I’m not sure), but says it wasn’t finished finished until 2003 and might be the only one of its kind. I don’t think I’ve ever seen another like it. Asking price is an unreasonable $35,000 unfortunately.
The body is a one piece design (and looks like it has an inner skin as well), with modern modifications like shaved door handles with remotes for the doors and trunk, and a VW floor pan that’s been modified to accept a mid-engine V8 design (Ford 289) using Corvair rear suspension and transaxle. The car is essentially new (and comes with all of the recent receipts), having been driven 125 miles, and is registered as a special.
If anyone knows more about this car’s history, please let me know.
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?
My friend Joe Lee wrote in with a couple more mystery Soviet kit cars. The red one is from the Ukraine and is named a “Gorin”, which he thinks was the name of the builder… It looks sort of like a chunky BMW M1 (or chunky Aquila) to me. The car is built on a sixties Mosckovich chassis and driveline, and the windshield is out of a Volga. The yellow one was built in Bulgaria in the seventies, with a Lada engine and driveline. It’s currently for sale in a village for $1,700.
This sleek mystery kit car has showed up on Craigslist again… Anyone recognize it? Or is it a one-off? In some ways it reminds me of an old Aerovette…
This is up for sale in Temple City, CA… I’m trying to find out more about it. Does anyone recognize it? I have no idea…
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