Drasko writes in asking if I know anything about this VW-based (judging by the suspension) project. I could swear I recognize it, but I’m not putting a name to it right now… Can anyone say what this mystery car is? Click for a bigger photo.
An interesting variation on the Avenger just showed up on eBay (#200307197725) in Fayetteville, NC. It seems to be an Avenger anyway, on a tube chassis with a Corvair engine that’s running but needs work. What makes it unusual is that someone has converted it to a gullwing door configuration. The car comes without a title.
This single-seater FS1 Motorsports street-legal racecar must be a hoot to drive — it’s way more visually obnoxious than any exotic and has performance to match. A quick rundown on its stats, in this configuration (this is one of the first ever made, by the original manufacturer — it’s now made by Formula 1 Street):
- Dodge Caravan engine — 350hp
- 0 to 60 3.1 seconds, 1/4 mile 11.0 sec
- 4-speed semi automatic transmission
- 15 inch rims
- Rust proof undercoating
- 1 step enamel paint
- Adjustable coil-over shocks & springs
- Only weighs 1970 lbs!
- Rack and pinion steering
- Manual steering, steering stabilizer
Tim, the seller, who you can reach at (561) 222-9544 or at timdrift@yahoo.com, tells me that the original designer of the car worked at Dodge and was also one of the main designers of the engine. He’s asking $15,000 and the car is located in Jupiter, Florida. Click for a bigger picture.
Someone, please! Safe this poor Bradley GT from it’s miserable life rotting away in a snowbank-buried junk pile near Cincinnati. Jesse (write him with offers — he’s asking $400 — at cannibal-cow@hotmail.com) has decided to sell it. He and a buddy bought it from a collector, but then never went anywhere with the project. The chassis was alright when they bought it, but it’s completely rusted up now, and you’re pretty much just buying a body. There’s a tranny but no engine, and the glass is busted. The dash has been cut up for gauges, but they aren’t there… He does have the light pods and covers though. Like I said, basically just a body.
Will someone save this Bradley, or is it the end for it?
It will surely come as a shock to you that the car below started life as a Bradley GT! A friend of Scott’s gave him the car for free, so he figured that he’d customize it — the original front end was all cracked and missing the headlight covers. He sectioned and moved the windshield up a foot and is building a canopy for the top, and he’s widening all the tire areas. He’s also lowered the front beam five and a half inches.
The inspiration of course is Lemans prototype cars. He’s still molding the foam and plans to start fiberglassing when the weather gets warmer. I can’t wait to see updates as to where this goes! Click for a bigger picture of course.
One of the first — and one of the most beautiful — classic kit cars is the LaDawri Conquest, released way back in 1956. The red completed car below is nabbed off Fiberglass Sports Cars, a wonderful resource on kit cars of this era including the LaDawri. This example is one of the very last bodies made by LaDawri, shipped Feb 8, 1965. Since then it’s hung for over forty years in a garage — the doors are still held in place by the original shipping fasteners! It’s located in Oklahoma City, OK, and is on eBay (#190284540396) with an opening bid of $800. Could be a neat opportunity for someone willing to put in the work to restore this car that has a special place in American car history alongside other kits like the Devin.
I was just talking to Rick from the (Inter)National Sterling Owners Association after hearing that he’d bought Ahmad’s old widened Sterling project, and I discovered that I had an old email from him that I’d missed with some pictures of the Manx SR that he’s recently finished restoring. Better late than never! It’s got a perfect custom metalflake paintjob as well as an 1835 Gene Berg built motor and a fabbed exhaust system using old-school Harley flare tips for sidepipes.
I swear this blog exists solely for the purpose of making me jealous of almost everyone who emails me. The Manx SR is one of my favorite buggy-type cars, if not my favorite.
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