Nice job man. I have always toyed with the idea of a kit car,but I am I don't know if I have that kind of time. Not cheap to do right either. Maybe after I sell my giant killer robot. Hope yor still having fun with it.
Thanks. I bought the car back in the late 80's or so when I lived in Calif.. It ran but was a basket case. I put a lot of hours into it. Drove it everyday to work for two years then had to park it because I couldn't get it smogged. Years later I sold it to some guy in Ohio. No idea what ever happened to it after that. It was a fun car, real head turner.
Yeah the wing was a bit crude, but back then (80's) there weren't really any aftermarket wings available so I had to make do with a homemade one. The area back there was so flat it really needed something to break it up a bit.
This kit car used an unaltered VW pan as a platform for the body. I couldn't afford a tube framed mid-engined chassis that was available from the mfg. There was a conversion kit to add a V8 engine but again was quite expensive to switch over to.
I knew a buddy of mine that owned one of these, he got into an accident with it, and rebuilt it and that thing was sharp. We where suppose to race but sadly he's no longer doing cars. :(
I kinda liked the wing.
crrider12564 7 months ago
Nice job man. I have always toyed with the idea of a kit car,but I am I don't know if I have that kind of time. Not cheap to do right either. Maybe after I sell my giant killer robot. Hope yor still having fun with it.
crrider12564 7 months ago
@crrider12564
Thanks. I bought the car back in the late 80's or so when I lived in Calif.. It ran but was a basket case. I put a lot of hours into it. Drove it everyday to work for two years then had to park it because I couldn't get it smogged. Years later I sold it to some guy in Ohio. No idea what ever happened to it after that. It was a fun car, real head turner.
myvw69 7 months ago
@emmy6423
Yeah the wing was a bit crude, but back then (80's) there weren't really any aftermarket wings available so I had to make do with a homemade one. The area back there was so flat it really needed something to break it up a bit.
myvw69 7 months ago
Great music!
wyrazoque 8 months ago
@wyrazoque sing sing sing
mszmarcin 5 months ago
what a waste.... it should never got a bug motor!
Darkkheart420 9 months ago
@Darkkheart420
This kit car used an unaltered VW pan as a platform for the body. I couldn't afford a tube framed mid-engined chassis that was available from the mfg. There was a conversion kit to add a V8 engine but again was quite expensive to switch over to.
myvw69 7 months ago
It is powered by vw engine? Nice music selection BTW...
vochitoken 1 year ago
This only color for this car is red!!! Loved everything except the horrible vega tail lights.
JohnDoeToU 1 year ago
How long have you owned the car?
I knew a buddy of mine that owned one of these, he got into an accident with it, and rebuilt it and that thing was sharp. We where suppose to race but sadly he's no longer doing cars. :(
vfIskullangel 2 years ago
I owned the car 8 or 10 years before I sold it to a guy in Ohio in '95. Had alot of labor tied up in that vehicle, I often wonder what became of it.
myvw69 2 years ago
I have a Manta Montage Stage three tube frame.... V6 Turbo for sale.... $39K
xoobis 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this. I would keep an eye on ebay! With the way the economy is... you never know! Good luck finding it.
unclemeat8 2 years ago
Nice. Paint it a different color though. (bright yellow)
CSXer 2 years ago
At the time that's all I could afford to do to it (primer). Yellow would have looked great. Would love to know whatever became of it.
myvw69 2 years ago