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 ...

Lowell Peterson, a hot rodder who has been building and working on old cars in his shop for the past ... why would anyone want one made from fiberglass? Well, all you have to do nowadays is ...

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 ...

Burton creates a bolt-on shell of fiberglass body panels meant to match up perfectly to a 2CV chassis. These conversions are available as a kit, but Burton also manufactures complete cars ready ...

Since there is no national kit-car association, industry statistics ... sheets that the builder rivets to the frame. Finally, the fiberglass body is bolted to the frame and acts like a skin ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...