The color of a neglected kit car, on the other hand, will be noticeably faded in just a year or two. The biggest hurdle to adopting fiberglass on a large production scale is time. Body panels are ...

I wonder what they would make of this pushrod V8/automatic-equipped fiberglass kit car wearing the Ferrari name and badges? Actually, I think I know exactly what they would make of it. The seller ...

But there wasn't much indication that the man who helped popularize fiberglass kit cars in North America would go on to be convicted of manslaughter for killing his wife. By all measures ...

Called the Speedster, the car is available either as a kit or as a turn-key vehicle, with the Stage 1 kit costing just $15,000. The initial kit only includes the fiberglass body, steel sub-frame ...

Mid-engine supercars are out of most peoples' price range. That's why there are kit cars. While many have been Volkswagen Beetle-based abominations, not all kit cars were created equal. The ...

Glasspar pioneered the use of fiberglass in automobile design and construction, and their G2 sports car paved the way for today’s kit car industry. Glasspar was founded by boat builder and ...

The classic kit car renaissance continues, and this Porsche-VW LaDawri Special tells a fascinating story of North America’s fiberglass sports car industry. Long thought lost to time, the one-off ...

Ferrari kit cars usually are made by removing the body from a more mundane vehicle and replacing it with a fiberglass shell that fits onto the chassis, transforming the car into a Ferrari look-alike.

Fiberglass has been used in the construction of car bodies for ages. First introduced more than 70 years ago, the "glass reinforced plastic" material gained popularity for its lightweight ...