Tri-Vator was an American kit car manufacturer active between 1976 and 1989. The kit was first offered in 1976 by Tri-Vator Inc. in Santa Rosa, California, where an estimated twelve kits were built between 1976 and 1979 before the production rights, molds, and tooling were sold. From 1979 into the late 1980s, the Tri-Vator was produced by Toby Industries in Ruidoso, New Mexico, located north of El Paso and west…