Vintage Speedsters of California

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Vintage Speedsters of California Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1988
Seat Hawaiian Gardens , California , USA
Branch Automobiles
Website www.vintagespeedsters.com

Vintage speedster
Vintage 550

Vintage Speedsters of California Inc. is an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded on June 7, 1988 in Hawaiian Gardens , California . The production of automobiles and kit cars began. The brand name is Vintage , possibly with the addition of Speedsters or Spyders . According to the company, over 3,300 vehicles have been built so far.

vehicles

The Speedster is a replica of the Porsche 356 as a roadster . The revised chassis of a VW Beetle forms the basis. An open two-door fiberglass body is mounted on top. One version has widened rear fenders .

There used to be the Spyder too . It was modeled on the Porsche 550 Spyder . It had a lattice frame and a mid-engine that came either from Volkswagen or the Porsche 914 .

literature

  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1682. (English)

Web links

Commons : Vintage Speedsters of California  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d George Nick Georgano (editor-in-chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1682. (English)
  2. ↑ opencorporates (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)