Spartan Cars

[2] The kit comprised aluminium body panels to be fitted over a steel tube frame and glass fibre wings completed the car.

Amongst other parts, early cars needed to source bumpers from a Hillman Avenger and a radiator grille from a Wolseley 18/85.

[7] In 1977, as the Triumphs became rarer and collectible in their own right, work started on designing a complete new, bespoke chassis utilizing components from the Ford Cortina Mk III-V.[8] It entered the market in 1980.

[1] The new model has a re-designed rear end, less square than the original version, and is called the Spartan Mk II.

The bonnet area and doors were restyled and the centre section of the Cortina was retained including wiring, instruments and windscreen.

[9] The Treka was a Jeep style car with aluminium panels over a tubular steel frame and was based on the Ford Fiesta Mk2.

[4] The final car was the Bandit, a hot rod with glass fibre panels on a ladder type chassis.