Fiberfab
By the time Goodwin sold the company to Du Crest Fiberglass in 1958, SCE's product line had grown to include the Tornado and Hurricane models.
[4] He said that Goodwin was impressed by the Devin body kit concept, but wanted a product that would be easier for the inexperienced home builder to assemble.
[8] Around this time Hebler left the company to start Hebina Plastics with John Ubina, Fiberfab's former head of fiberglass layup.
Martincic further claimed to have transferred the rights to the name to Daytona Automotive Fiberglass, a new neoclassic builder she was now involved in.
[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.
While the case was proceeding a new company called Auto Resolutions was established by the owner George Levin to continue making Classic Motor Carriages vehicles, later operating under the name Street Beasts.
It was designed by Russell and Chris Beebe, although they suggest that the mold maker made unauthorized changes to the final shape.
[4] One Centurion appeared in a television commercial for garbage bags, and another was reported to have been backup to the real XP-87 in the movie "Clambake".
[46] The Liberty SLR (for "Super Light Roadster") was Fiberfab's first neoclassic kit, with styling similar to an Aston Martin Ulster.
In addition to versions based on a Volkswagen chassis, this product also offered the option of being built on Ford Pinto or Chevrolet Chevette mechanicals.
[53][54] Factory Fiberfab US bought the rights and molds for an already-existing kit called the Machette Speedster from its original owner, Gene Steffanson, who was one half of the couple that owned Redhead Roadsters, the car's previous manufacturer.
[11] In September of the same year FCL moved to a new 6,000 sq ft (557.4 m2) manufacturing facility in Oakville, Ontario, and renewed their exclusive distributorship with Fiberfab in the US.
[11] By 1989 they have expanded into providing trade show services to clients that included Paccar, Navistar and Volvo heavy truck divisions.
[62] Fiberfab-Karosserie began to develop their own models, including two GT-style cars, the FT Bonito and the Bonanza, both designed by Kuhnle.
In 1973 the German company severed its links with the American Fiberfab, moved to Auenstein, and began to make a light utility vehicle called the Sherpa.
[63] Fiberfab GmbH continued to make FT Bonitos until 1981, when they sold the rights to a British Company, ACM.
[66] Unlike the Bonanza GT, the FT Bonito was based on the VW Type 1 chassis and vertical fan engine.
Other parts, including door handles, signal lamps, windscreen wipers, bumpers, and various pieces of interior trim came from makes such as Audi, Opel, Mercedes-Benz, and NSU.
[68] The car was based on the front-wheel drive chassis of the Citroën 2CV, and inherited that vehicle's interconnected suspension and air-cooled boxer twin engine.
[69] The owner of BEA, Bo Andrén, encouraged Racing Plast Burträsk (RPB) to develop a locally-made alternative to the Fiberfab products.
RPB was a company that had started out building Formula Vee cars under license and then developed their own designs.
At one point they considered building a road car based on BMC Mini components, but abandoned that project in favor of Andrén's proposal.
[71] This, combined with increasingly stringent government crash-test regulations that came into effect on 1 July 1970, resulted in RPB exiting the car body business.
[71] Production estimates range from forty, to fifty, to three hundred kits, although the last number may include all of RPB's car output until 1971.
[75] The company later changed their name to Seraph Cars, and in 1985 began making a modified version of the Bonito under the direction of John Grossart.
[2][76] A company named "Fibre Fab" was established in the UK in 1970 that produced fiberglass body kits for Volkswagen chassis.
Fibre Fab was founded by partners Robert Taylor, Anthony Hill, and Trevor Pym in Crowthorne, Berkshire.
[80] Dissatisfied with the quality of the kit and the difficulty of assembly, Ferrer's son challenged his father to create a better car.
[103] A custom ladder chassis with outriggers was built by "Electric Vehicle Engineering Co." (EVE) of Boston, Massachusetts.
[106] Confusion arises due to the fact that, while the text refers to the body being a "fiberfab", the picture and accompanying caption are of another kit.
