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It was a less expensive alternative to the Fiberfab Valkyrie, which looked like an Avenger GT with a short rear deck and had a custom chassis with room for a mid-mounted V8 engine. [2] Fiberfab started producing Avenger GT kits in Sunnyvale, California in Santa Clara County in 1966. [3] They moved to Fremont, California in 1967.
The Fiberfab company moved from Palo Alto to Sunnyvale. [5] In early January 1967 Fiberfab opened a new plant to produce the Valkyrie in Santa Clara. [6] In 1967, Goodwin was arrested on suspicion of murder in the shooting death of his 28-year-old second wife and Fiberfab executive, Jamaica Karen Goodwin (née Elwood).
It was the first model that Fiberfab offered either as a fully-assembled, turn-key car named the Valkyrie 500 GT, or in kit form as the Valkyrie kit. [3] The price difference between the two was significant — the 500 GT listed for $12,500.00 and the kit for $1495.00. [3] Most Valkyries were owner-built.
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This is a chronological index for the start year for motor vehicle brands (up to 1969). For manufacturers that went on to produce many models, it represents the start date of the whole brand; for the others, it usually represents the date of appearance of the main (perhaps only) model that was produced.
Even though still based on a VW Beetle chassis, the GT II was a much more sophisticated vehicle than the earlier GT. [12] New features included true gull-wings doors with frames, sliding safety glass in the doors and interior door releases with gas struts, a lower sill to ease ingress and egress, improved bumpers and steel reinforcing in the roof.
Deutsch: Fiberfab Ft Bonito, Kit Car auf dem Fahrwerk eines VW Käfer von 1967, Räder vom Porsche 911 der 1970er-Jahre. Maße und Gewicht: 3350 mm lang, 1680 mm breit, 680 kg. Der Bonito wurde 1969 vorgestellt und bis 1979 gebaut.
Introduced in February 1970, the Avenger was significant as it was the first and last car to be developed by Rootes after the Chrysler takeover in 1967. Its styling used conventional three-box and two-box styling featuring an American-influenced "Coke Bottle" waistline and semi-fastback rear-end, later spawning a station wagon variant.