I’ve never been a person to hate specific cars; they may not be for me, and I may not check them out at the local car show, but I try to appreciate the mindset of someone who might like them. Such is the case with kit cars. I’ve never even remotely wanted to own one, but I can see the appeal in collecting a crate of parts in your garage and spending some (sometimes) relaxing hours with an instruction manual, piecing things together on those quiet nights after work. Maybe a little garage music is playing – England Dan and John Ford Coley, perhaps? Maybe someone was in that mindset when they built this Fiberfab Aztec 7. You don’t need to look at the eBay ad to see that it’s been lying dormant for over 10 years, but with no reserve and a current high bid of $2,300, maybe it’s your kind of car. (By the way, are those Chevette taillights?) It’s located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, which, when combined with the California plate, may send mixed messages to those who aren’t paying close attention.

The seller is, by his own admission, “not a car guy,” but he’s willing to answer questions. The first one may involve the more recent VIN sticker. Although the car is advertised as a 1981 model with a ’69 Volkswagen undercarriage, it seems to be currently licensed as a 2004 model. The ad says this: “In 2005 new California Vehicle Information Label, registration, and smog certificate issued.”

According to that tag, the engine is a 1600cc Volkswagen with a single four-barrel carburetor. That seems like a lot of carburetion to me, so perhaps the Volkswagen experts (which is a descriptor that does not apply to me) can give us the rundown on this engine (this is the only picture of it). If the tag is lying and it’s a stock engine, it made just under 60 horsepower, which isn’t quite enough to live up to the car’s low-slung appearance. Of course, VW flat fours are easily modified.

The seller says that it got a new fuel pump and carburetor…back in 2002.

If the looks weren’t enough to reel you in, maybe the gullwing doors will. The interior is about what you’d expect from an ’70s or ’80s kit car, plenty of “wood” with gauges that look as if they’d be more at home on your fishing boat. Interestingly, the seller says that the car has reverse sensors and keyless door poppers.

The Fiberfab will come with some useful literature for both the body and the chassis. (I’m a shop manual nerd; I’ll collect them for cars I don’t even own.)

Yes, there will be a limited market for a kit car produced by a company with such a complex history of ownership that even the business-minded among us would eventually race to the cupboard for a glass of water and an aspirin, but there’s an old car out there for everyone, and maybe this one is yours.