Identify this car...

[RSGulp]

Spotted by a friend of a friend and posted on Facebook. Looks very 70s kit car. Possibly VW or Alfasud based? I initially thought Porsche Tapiro but sadly not. Can anyone identify it?

[sparkythecat]

I think it's a Siva S160, like this one



Wiki says

The Siva S160 Spyder is an automobile which was produced during the 1970s in Great Britain by Siva Engineering.

Conceived as a Hillman Imp-engine GT car for British sports car manufacturer Marcos, the car was ultimately re-designed to become the Siva S160 Spyder. The S160 was released at the 1971 Racing Car Show, utilising a Volkswagen Beetle floorpan and running gear and featuring a gullwing coupé body. It was offered as a complete car and as a bare body shell. A total of twelve S160s were produced.

A rare beast indeed!

Edited by sparkythecat on Sunday 3rd August 21:31

[oliverb205]

Yes, my initial thought was Siva. I had a red Matchbox one when I was a kid and my 4 year old now plays with it.

Oliver.

[RSGulp]

Thank you! I knew PH would come up with it. I hope to god those headlights pop down. :-)

[sparkythecat]

There you go Olly, take a trip down memory lane



More info here http://www.checkoutthiscar.com/2012/11/1973-siva-s...

[spoodler]

Love the shot of the Siva, some one I know has a Raceabout or an Edwardian - didn't realise they ever made this one... Is that a bodykitted MX5 in the background? Not very convincing is it

[Brabus Jord]

the first few seconds i saw that i thought it was a SETA kit car - My father produced them in the 70's as far as im aware of the 10 that he built none have survived.

http://www.allcarindex.com/main-index/car-make-det...

[spoodler]

Funnily enough my first thoughts were Seta or Zeta 'til I looked a bit closer. 'Remember "Timeslip" being featured in Hot Car magazine in about '78 or so.

[Astacus]

Great find.

The sort of car you think should be put back on the road......but not by you!

[Astacus]

Great find.

The sort of car you think should be put back on the road......but not by you!

[DonkeyApple]

sparkythecat said:

There you go Olly, take a trip down memory lane



More info here http://www.checkoutthiscar.com/2012/11/1973-siva-s...

How weird. My children were at my parents over the weekend and when I went to tidy up after them they had been playing with my old matchbox cars. As I put each one back I slowly remembered them all.

This one was the last I picked up and I realised I never knew what it was. Odd timing.

[fireturk]

sparkythecat said:

I think it's a Siva S160, like this one



Wiki says

The Siva S160 Spyder is an automobile which was produced during the 1970s in Great Britain by Siva Engineering.

Conceived as a Hillman Imp-engine GT car for British sports car manufacturer Marcos, the car was ultimately re-designed to become the Siva S160 Spyder. The S160 was released at the 1971 Racing Car Show, utilising a Volkswagen Beetle floorpan and running gear and featuring a gullwing coupé body. It was offered as a complete car and as a bare body shell. A total of twelve S160s were produced.

A rare beast indeed!

Edited by sparkythecat on Sunday 3rd August 21:31

yep that exhaust looks very VW!!

[Hooli]

Brabus Jord said:

the first few seconds i saw that i thought it was a SETA kit car - My father produced them in the 70's as far as im aware of the 10 that he built none have survived.

http://www.allcarindex.com/main-index/car-make-det...

Now that is VERY 70s.

[Brabus Jord]

i wish there were more pics / info on the SETA, my dad passed away a few months a go and i never really got chance to talk to him about it.

hopefully with time they wont be lost or forgotten. i still hope someday one will turn up.

[vickyfrancis14]

Hi guys yer this is definitely a siva spyder s 160... There was only 12 made and luckily for my little brother he owns on... he's doing it up as we speak.. This is a pic of it..

[vickyfrancis14]

Just looked at this picture and this is my brothers car :-0 were was this first picture spotted???? Thanks

[anonymous-user]

Brabus Jord said:

the first few seconds i saw that i thought it was a SETA kit car - My father produced them in the 70's as far as im aware of the 10 that he built none have survived.

http://www.allcarindex.com/main-index/car-make-det...

Think I remember this very car sat in a car dealers window at Lansdowne Road in Bournemouth for a couple of years in the mid 80's

[TA14]

vickyfrancis14 said:

Just looked at this picture and this is my brothers car :-0 were was this first picture spotted???? Thanks

Does it have a Porsche engine?

[Brabus Jord]

guy_spyder550 said:

Think I remember this very car sat in a car dealers window at Lansdowne Road in Bournemouth for a couple of years in the mid 80's

Could well have been as he made 10 cars in the portsmouth area so im sure some would have stayed local. i wish there was one around still.

[Martin350]

When I was a young boy in the early 1980's I used to see a red one of these regularly parked on a street on the outskirts of Bath from the back of dad's car.
I knew what it was as I had the Matchbox version.

I always meant to take my camera along one day and get dad to stop, then it just disappeared and I regret not getting photos of it while I had the chance.

Never seen one since.