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Fiberfab was purchased by competing kit car maker Classic Motor Carriages and registered as Fiberfab International Inc. on 27 May 1983. [14] [15] CMC acquired all of the Fiberfab kits and molds except the Valkyrie, and stored them behind their Miami manufacturing facility unused until they were eventually scrapped. [16] [1]
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.
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.
Fiberfab FT Bonito, a kit car on a VW Beetle chassis Locost frame and body panels 1972 Sterling Nova/ Purvis Eureka/ Eagle (South Africa). A kit car is an automobile available as a set of parts that a manufacturer sells and the buyer then assembles into a functioning car.
The Scarab STM is among the rarest of Fiberfab's models, with reports that only six were ever produced. A road test of a prototype powered by a 900 cc Kawasaki engine reported that the test car covered the standing quarter mile in 14 seconds, reached 80 mph (129 km/h) in third gear, and handled banked turns at 40 mph (64 km/h) with ease. [3]
Products like gut-healthy kombucha, probiotic snacks, and nutrient-packed smoothie kits have grown in popularity for people who want good food that they feel supports their health.
The number of childfree women is at a record high: 48 percent of women between the ages of 18 and 44 don’t have kids, according to 2014 Census numbers. The Huffington Post and YouGov asked 124 women why they choose to be childfree.
The MG T-Type is a series of body-on-frame open two-seater sports cars that were produced by MG from 1936 to 1955. Known as the Midget, the series included the TA, TB, TC, TD, and TF models.