Fiberfab

Fiberfab was a kit car manufacturer based in California, with operations recorded in Sunnyvale and Santa Clara, and later in Boca Raton, Florida. It was one of the longest-surviving companies in the kit car industry.

The company began by producing a range of kit car bodies, including one styled after the Ford Cougar II show car. Its first major success was the Aztec, introduced in 1964, a low, angular coupé whose styling drew on the Lola GT, Ford GT-40, and Porsche 904. It was designed to bolt onto a Volkswagen Beetle floorpan, with a roof and door section that hinged up from the front to allow entry into the cockpit. In 1965, Fiberfab introduced a special frame to accommodate Corvair or Porsche running gear, and a convertible version called the Azteca was released the same year. Later in 1965, the design was revised with a longer nose and renamed the Aztec II.

In 1967, the Aztec was replaced by the Avenger, a more rounded take on the Ford GT-40 shape, which proved highly successful and led to special frames built for Corvair running gear. The Valkyrie followed, pairing the Avenger body with a steel tube frame that mounted a Chevrolet V8 engine and a modified Corvair transaxle; it was offered in both kit and fully assembled form.

Among the company's early offerings was the Caribee, a front-engined coupé with gull-wing doors designed to fit English sports car chassis such as those from MG and Triumph. In 1968, it was succeeded by the Jamaican, a coupé that fit the same chassis as well as the Volkswagen platform, with a V8-powered version built on a simple ladder frame. Another notable model was the Centurion, a replica of the Bill Mitchell-designed Corvette Sting Ray prototype, built to fit early Corvette chassis. The company's range also included the Vagabond dune buggy kit, a three-wheeler, and the Liberty SLR, a replica of a 1930s Aston Martin tourer. One of its final original designs was the Aztec 7, a Volkswagen-based kit inspired by the Bertone-designed Alfa Romeo Carabo show car.

Fiberfab was taken over by Classic Motor Carriages during the 1980s, after which it relocated to Florida and discontinued its earlier line of vehicles. It subsequently produced variations of Classic Motor Carriages designs, including replicas of the Porsche Speedster, the Cobra, the MG-TD, and 1930s-era Fords, as well as the Gazelle, a neoclassic design styled after Mercedes-Benz. Along with Classic Motor Carriages, the company was shut down by legal authorities in 1996.