Kit Car VintageTrivia
Kit Car VintageTrivia
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Karlo

Original Poster:

67 posts

279 months

Friday 19th November 2004
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Anyone know who made this car and the year? I met the owner that restored it.

madrabbit

218 posts

262 months

Friday 19th November 2004
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Umm... It looks or at least probably once looked like a Mclaren replica, Though the nose should be more rounded.
One manufacturer was a company called UVA. They were based in Newbury in Berks 15 years ago or so, before moving a few miles down the road and then fading into obscurity. Their 'Mclaren' was VW Beetle Based!
There were other Mclaren look-a-like makers too, but that really is testing me!

eliot

11,995 posts

283 months

Friday 19th November 2004
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The flames just dont work for me

atom290

1,015 posts

286 months

Friday 19th November 2004
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Is it me or did they forget to go to Halfords and buy the wide wheels?

Stig

11,823 posts

313 months

Friday 19th November 2004
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eliot said:
The flames just dont work for me


I love them!

Crazy of Cookham

740 posts

284 months

Friday 19th November 2004
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Yellow Canam flames?? Ummmm winter job would match the flames from the back!!

Stig

11,823 posts

313 months

Friday 19th November 2004
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Red flames is where it's at

gtrclive

4,193 posts

312 months

Saturday 20th November 2004
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I looks like a Maclern replica if so then Tornado still make them if you want any parts, just look at the adverts for a Tornado GT40 replica.

Karlo

Original Poster:

67 posts

279 months

Saturday 20th November 2004
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Two brothers Brad and Tim Lovette in California designed the Manta Mirage during the early 70's. They were into road racing and building fiberglass bodies for Cam-Am racing cars at the time and decided there was a market for a street legal version of a Cam-Am racer. So the Manta Mirage was born. I think three to five cars were sold.