If you have ever wanted a Ferrari Dino but your wallet keeps responding with nervous laughter, this next featured Kelmark Dino replica might be the most entertaining loophole available. Sitting on a VW pan with a mid-mounted air-cooled flat four and a manual gearbox, it delivers the shape and drama of a Dino in a […]
Every so often, a car shows up that feels like it escaped from a VHS tape instead of a Craigslist ad, and this next featured Chevrolet Corvette is exactly that. Underneath, it’s a C4 Vette with a 5.7-liter V8 and an automatic, but on the surface, it’s wearing a full Ferrari Testarossa body kit straight […]
Happy Halloween! Time for another Horrorod! If Ralph Nader had a problem with the swing-axle suspension on the back of a Corvair, I can’t imagine what kind of fit he’d throw if he drove this next feature. Here we’ve got a car with pre-war passenger safety standards and a Volkswagen engine hanging out the back. […]
Looking for something lightweight, red, and raucous with the soul of a Subaru and the swagger of a Ferrari that’s been to a Burning Man welding camp? Meet the Factory Five 818—a mid-engine kit car built around the guts of a Subaru Impreza and wrapped in composite panels designed to make you question every $60k […]
What happens when you take British fiberglass, Vauxhall guts, and toss in a splash of Morgan cosplay with a turbo twist? You get the Panther Lima Turbo—a boutique-built retro vehicle from the ’70s that looks like it should be parked outside a country estate with a vineyard in front. This particular Lima, one of just […]
What do you do if you want the heavy-duty military style of a Humvee, but you are a huge Volkswagen fan AND you’ve already owned a Thing or two and don’t want another? I guess you could own two cars…but if you REALLY needed Hummer style with Beetle power, then you are in luck because […]
The Project 818 was a kit that you could order from Factory Five Racing that was not yet another Shelby Cobra clone and instead was closer to an original design from Factory Five. The 818 looks something like a Lotus Elise, and with only 818 kg (1800 lbs) of curb weight (and a 2.5 liter […]
This next car is trying to pretend to be an Alfa Romeo Carabo. But that is like putting a fur coat on your labradoodle and calling it a wolfhound. It is not a Marcello Gandini of Gruppo Bertone concept car and instead is the Aztec 7 from Fiberfab — one of 400 made if you […]
The partnership between Warren “Bud” Goodwin and John Hebler turned into the business called Fiberfab 1964. From their Palo Alto, CA-based facility, they produced hot rod body panels for Mustangs, Corvettes, and Jags before building a Frankenstein’s monster called the Aztec GT that used a VW pan to create a Ford GT40 lookalike. By 1968 […]
This next car comes as a tip from Jeff who writes: Just about all of the Fiero/Ferrari mash-ups I’ve seen look kind of goofy, but this one looks pretty good IMO. Yes, this thing rides right and doesn’t look like the typical bargain bin body kit…but who knows. Find this 1988 Pontiac Fiero offered for […]