31 Facts About Fiberfab

Fiberfab built his own racing special, topped with a Microplas Mistral body.

Fiberfab started building street rod parts and body panels for Corvettes, Mustangs, and Jaguars before moving on to complete bodies and kit cars.

Fiberfab said that Goodwin was impressed by the Devin body kit concept, but wanted a product that would be easier for the inexperienced home builder to assemble.

In 1966 Fiberfab was made a subsidiary of Velocidad Inc, another company controlled by Goodwin.

In early January 1967 Fiberfab opened a new plant to produce the Valkyrie in Santa Clara.

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Fiberfab was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to twelve months imprisonment.

Fiberfab died of a heart attack while serving his sentence on 26 December 1968.

In October 1978 Fiberfab, Inc put new marketing and management teams in place, with Robert F Valli as President.

On 13 July 1979 Fiberfab was sued by LaVerne J Martincic for infringing her claimed trademark of the "MiGi" name.

Fiberfab was purchased by competing kit car maker Classic Motor Carriages and registered as Fiberfab International Inc on 27 May 1983.

Factory Fiberfab US was headed by Daniel Richer, and has no affiliation with previous Fiberfab management.

Fiberfab made fiberglass seat buckets, hoods and hood scoops, wheel flares, and assorted custom body parts for Jaguars and the VW Beetle.

Aztec 7 was a Fiberfab kit inspired by the Bertone Carabo, an Alfa Romeo concept car of 1968.

Fiberfab built it in the mid-1970s, but the car and name were involved in some labor and legal issues.

In 1983 Fiberfab International introduced their 1929 Mercedes Benz SSK replica.

Fiberfab Speedster 356 was a re-badged version of the CMC Classic Speedster, while the Californian was the fender-flared CMC Speedster C The body was inspired by the Speedster variant of the Porsche 356.

Fiberfab offered versions of the 1934 Ford Cabriolet and 1934 Ford Victoria hot rod kits.

Factory Fiberfab US bought the rights and molds for an already-existing kit called the Machette Speedster from its original owner, Gene Steffanson, who was one half of the couple that owned Redhead Roadsters, the car's previous manufacturer.

In 1977, after labor difficulties with the MiGi and legal problems with the name, Fiberfab reintroduced their MG TD replica, now called the MiGi II.

Fiberfab-Karosserie began to develop their own models, including two GT-style cars, the FT Bonito and the Bonanza, both designed by Kuhnle.

In 1973 the German company severed its links with the American Fiberfab, moved to Aunstein, and began to make a light utility vehicle called the Sherpa.

Fiberfab GmbH continued to make FT Bonitos until 1981, when they sold the rights to a British Company, ACM.

Fiberfab moved to Torpoint, Cornwall to start production of the model with its name shortened to Bonito.

Fiberfab later changed their name to Seraph Cars, and in 1985 began making a modified version of the Bonito under the direction of John Grossart.

Fiberfab established a new Fibre Fab company, and began making RAT bodies there.

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Fiberfab worked at a company owned by Frank Ferrer that made seats for DC3 and DC4 aircraft, where he learned how to work with fiberglass.

Fiberfab claimed that this was an original Trivellato design whose shape was created by combining features from many other cars.

Fiberfab was involved in preparing some of the cars used in the 1971 George Lucas science fiction film THX 1138.

Fiberfab either built replicas or made modifications to actual retired Lola T70 racing cars.

Several Fiberfab kits have been converted to battery-electric or hybrid powertrains.

EVGT-40 is a Fiberfab Valkyrie converted to electric power by Andrew McClary.