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Sterling, based on the UK Nova Sterling Sports Cars show car circa 2014 Sterling Sports Cars show car circa 2014 [1] Sterling Sports Cars is an American automobile company that designed and manufactured assembly kits for replicars and supercars.
These replica kit cars enable enthusiasts to possess a vehicle closely resembling a vehicle that they may not be able to afford due to scarcity, and at the same time take advantage of modern technology. The Sterling Nova kit originally produced in the UK was the most popular VW-based kits being produced worldwide.
VW buggies are created. At first they resembled the American Bugetta. The basis is a shortened chassis from the VW Beetle. Hussein I of Jordan ordered four vehicles and Rocket Wheel Industries of California ordered 75 kits. The price of £160 for a kit in the early 1970s was higher than comparable offers. Since 1995, the chassis have been ...
The Covin was available in three body styles, all based on the Turbo model. The flatnose and coupe models were also offered as convertibles. Only one narrow body Covin is known to have been produced. Additionally, Covin produced a limited number of 356 Speedster models.
It focused on high-performance custom V8 drivetrain swaps, the modification and production of rear and mid-engined cars, and custom-built turn-key automobiles (the Kelmark GT). Until 1986, Kelmark Engineering manufactured kits and complete, finished, turn-key vehicles which were either Volkswagen-based or built on tubular race car-type frames.
Bradley Automotive was an American automotive company that built and sold kits and components for kit cars as well as completed vehicles. They were based in Plymouth, Minnesota. The company began selling kits in 1970 and ceased operations in 1981. [1]
The donor car's original 4-speed transaxle and four cylinder Volkswagen air-cooled engine could be kept, but other options, including Porsche or Corvair engines, could be substituted. At roughly 1,500 lb (680.4 kg), the GT-12 weighed approximately 500 lb (226.8 kg) less than a standard Beetle.
First exhibited at the 1974 Melbourne International Motor Show, [1] the Eureka was based on the British Nova kit car design of 1971. [3] It utilised a Volkswagen Beetle chassis, [4] a fibreglass body [3] and, most commonly, an air-cooled Volkswagen flat-four or a Ford inline four-cylinder engine. [4] Some cars with Mazda rotary powerplants were ...