The Fiberfab Avenger GT is one of the better-looking kit cars of the era, bearing at least some resemblance to the iconic Ford GT40 it was meant to emulate. This particular example is a long ways from emulating anything other than a gigantic paperweight, thanks to being stored under tarps for years in an Ohio driveway, and the seller notes that despite this unfortunate storage arrangement, the Fiberfab is faring surprisingly well. Still, it will need everything, and you can find it here on eBay with bids to over $1,500 and the reserve unmet.
The car is pictured with its longtime owner, who is the one that stored it under tarps for years, to the point that they disintegrated when removed. Surprisingly, the body and glass looks to remain in fair shape despite the years of outdoor storage. It hasn’t been parked for decades, fortunately, with the listing noting that the longtime owner last drove it in 2012. Riding on a pan from a 1964 VW Beetle, it also features an engine from a Chevy Corvair that the seller claims to have rebuilt before parking the kit car. Rear and side glass are from a Ford Mustang GT, and the side windows still roll up and down.
Here’s a weird part of this listing: the picture of the Isetta body is included, with one hazy reference to it in the listing: the seller mentions that she cannot remove the Fiberfab body for mounting onto another chassis if desired by the next owner, and she adds “…the same goes for the BMW Isetta.” Is the Isetta for sale? Is there a potential package deal in the works? The reason I ask is because the Isetta is infinitely more collectible than the Fiberfab, and if you were committed to the kit car, you could sell off the Isetta to finance some of the repairs the Beetle-based sports car will inevitably need.
Here’s a picture of the Fiberfab in happier times, when the Corvair powerplant was humming along sweetly and the electric openers still popped open the coupe doors for extra style points. Some other trick features are noted, including split dual front axles that allow for the front suspension to be adjusted with a single bolt. A “quick-shifter” intended for a VW Beetle is installed, along with taillights from an Opel GT. The seller notes there is some rust and rot-through noted in places, but that the frame rails are solid. The fiberglass body is also in good shape, and hopefully it will look like it once did sooner than later.
If he ever sells it he needs to take the money and buy a pressure washer and clean up the rest of his life….
Or a good broom and a scoop shovel and a dumpster.
We always wonder what kind of person would let cars sit out an rot or do horrible things to them to hasten their demise. Well, here’s a picture of the dude and he’s smiling. Probably thinking that it’s still an awesome car while wiping off the rotten tarp fragments.
More and more fiberfabs been showing up here. You would have to look at this one and see if you were up to the job of restoration, Surely it will need a new pan, and it doesn’t have frame rails. Good luck to the new owner. Curious about the Isetta also….
Cheers
GPC
It has been sitting on a damp, mud and dirt driveway for who knows how long. It will likely disintegrate if you try to move it.
You’re correct, especially a Ohio car, the humidity is terrible here !
Looks like the 1957 BMW Isetta 300 is listed here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1957-BMW-Isetta-300-1-OWNER-SINCE-1963/303499596616?hash=item46a9fc5348:g:1ikAAOSw4gVeU3JQ It includes a chassis and engine too. Oh boy!
Wow, 44 bids and bid up to $3550 on the Isetta. The seller claims to be scouring the countryside for diamonds in the rough. Guess we can expect to see more of her in the future on Barn Finds. The owner of the cars is in ill health–we too often hear about them so late in the process that the cars and their owners are soon to perish. Sad, really. He seems like a pretty cool gentleman. Probably had quite a personality when he was tootling around town in his Isetta and Fiberfab VW.
Well I don’t care about that Fiberfab, and as Daniel said, it will probably disintegrate, but would love to see the Isetta saved!
Why are they disturbing the homeless guy living in it?
When I see these ads I can’t help but think that the condition of the car and the environment is very telling about the seller. My conclusion it’s a bit of a macrocausim of the owners mental state. The Isetta just may be the only thing worth interest.
microcosm
Pardon my spelling..thank you for the correction. But I am correct in the use of macrcosom in the comment.
The seller should be paying someone to take this car away. What a pile of junk.
I second the Isetta…
Seller has the 1957 BMW Isetta listed. 44 bids has it up to $3550.
This was listed on Face Book Marketplace last week. The older man next to it is the owner, not the person handling the sale. They claimed all of the parts were there for the Isetta. Note unless they moved the car it is outside of Toledo just south west of town.
Another piece of crap that someone thinks is worth money.
Are you saying it isnt worth money? Cause its at $3,000.00 with over 4 days left
I think he might be a hoarder….bet his neighbors love him…sorry for the cars
Greetings All,
Well, that is one way of looking at it, but its flawed.
More likely this is the guy there to clean up the mess now that someone has died.
Might be a service company may be a relative that the house was “given”.
Those that made cracks about his mental state……….why did it change now, and of it did, isn’t that a good thing?
That front axle is a standard VW king pin torsion bar system with a lowering kit added. It’s not a “dual axle”.
These cars (using the term loosely) were comical when new. A guy buys a kit and a $75 rolled over beetle and, IF he ever got it together and running, is driving an obvious fake “wannabe”. Oh yeah, you’re cool..uh-huh. A 61 Ford Falcon would blow the poorly fitting doors off these things. (and even the Ford guys grudgingly understand what THAT means..) Noisy, under-powered and having the astounding ability to be even LESS SAFE than the beetle it was based on.
Now add 40+ years of neglect and rot…”Oh look! an Isetta!!!!”
I agree, these kit cars were not something to every ones liking. Mine included. And stored under those blue tarps.
Ive owned a nice rust free Az Fiberfab in WAY better shape and Isetta in WAY better shape, I sold both just a few yrs ago on ebay. Didnt even get close to those numbers. My cars where solid rust free Az car. Both of mine ads where 10x better on cars that were 10x better, …I call BS on this “online auction house” who seems to be brokering the vehicles and thier shill bidding.
I bet they dont hit thier Dreamers and Sellers Reserve.
Whether the original owner is still alive or not, these 2 items should be a No Reserve auction. Just get what you can and have the new owner help you clean up the mess that this property has become.
Neither one of these are going to have an incredible value anyway.
I’d rather have yesterday’s 62 corvette
I would like to have a fiberfab- probably the closest I will get to having a GT40- but in this condition with bidding at $3050 and reserve is still unmet? Not from me. Too many dollars’ worth of unknowns.
Even if this GT was brand new and all was good its STILL a kit car on a VW chassis and in this case a very old likely well worn out chassis it just like putting lipstick on a pig!
Gals,Guys,
There is no such thing as a 4 cylinder Corvair engine!
Yours truly,
Wingnut
glad the ol duffer is better (8 yr illness). Nice to see him smilin.
Buy – make ’em happy…