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> A kit car on a 914 chassis, Trying to figure out what it is
Mike D.
post Mar 22 2025, 09:46 PM
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This kit car is on a 914 body. Has anybody seen this before? Do you know what it is or where it came from?


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post Mar 22 2025, 11:31 PM
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I’m pretty sure from the doors back is a Kelmark GT (were normally on a Beetle chassis / pan). T4 motors were sometimes used in Kelmark’s. The front hood definitely isn’t a Kelmark GT but sorta’ looks like a Rayco kit front end? My guess is that the thing is a cut, paste and hack based off the Kelmark and a one off front end.

Would be curious how they fitted the Kelmark body over a 914 tub assuming that’s really what is underneath all that fiberglass.
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post Mar 23 2025, 05:56 AM
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Never seen one of those. I like the lines but loose the spoiler.
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post Mar 23 2025, 06:17 AM
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4 or 5 lug wheels?
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post Mar 23 2025, 08:05 AM
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Get that VIN ?
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Is it still alive ?
VIN ?
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post Mar 23 2025, 11:41 AM
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That doesn't even look half bad.
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post Mar 23 2025, 11:43 AM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Mar 23 2025, 01:41 PM) *

That doesn't even look half bad.
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I was thinking the same thing..
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post Mar 23 2025, 12:01 PM
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Its got 400 dollars in side view mirrors alone.
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post Mar 23 2025, 04:59 PM
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Lookin good is that rotten wood in the pop ups?
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post Mar 23 2025, 06:27 PM
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click on the pic and look close at the interior. Looks like a 914 dash top, seat and center cushion. right?
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post Mar 24 2025, 08:33 AM
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Is it for sale?
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post Mar 24 2025, 09:30 AM
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Hi, @emerygt350
What is so special about the mirrors? I think I have two of them.
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Its got 400 dollars in side view mirrors alone.
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post Mar 24 2025, 09:49 AM
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It's gonna overheat. There are no holes in the engine lid.

But the look of it is not bad It seems to use the factory front trunk lid and popup headlight assemblies.

Probably be a good looking car after finishing.
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post Mar 24 2025, 10:51 AM
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QUOTE(Mike D. @ Mar 22 2025, 08:46 PM) *

This kit car is on a 914 body. Has anybody seen this before? Do you know what it is or where it came from?

I bought a Kelmark body from the factory in about 1975. the standard body fit a standard bug pan (unshortened). they also built a tube frame to accept a toronado drive train mid engine for the same body. the owner, larry, took me for a ride in his daily driver, a 69 bug that he had dropped onto that tube frame. you really couldn't see from 10 feet away the v-8 in the back seat.
BTW the Kelmark body was kind of a POS.
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post Mar 24 2025, 10:55 AM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Mar 23 2025, 01:41 PM) *

That doesn't even look half bad.
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I was thinking the same thing..


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post Mar 24 2025, 04:58 PM
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QUOTE(mate914 @ Mar 24 2025, 09:30 AM) *

Hi, @emerygt350
What is so special about the mirrors? I think I have two of them.
Matt

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Its got 400 dollars in side view mirrors alone.


Those are not baby tornados. Those are the big vitalonis like mine. Lambos, Ferrari, and alpha Spyders. I paid 100 dollars for a rough one and fixed it.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/146193344188
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post Mar 26 2025, 07:44 AM
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Wow, this is a Mile D high jack. Are you looking for another project? I only ask because I'm still working on the one you sold 15 years ago. I'm happy with the car I just wondered if you were one of my over 110,000 viewers?
Long time no hear bud.
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Mike D.
post Apr 2 2025, 01:18 PM
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Hey Joe (where you goin' with that gun in your hand)
Like you've never heard that before! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Looking at it with a friend, VW guy with several cars. He was curious about the 914 bits and if I, or anyone had seen a kit done with a 914 chassis.
How is Carerror? And btw, that was way more than 15 years ago I think! And where are you getting these "views"?
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post Apr 2 2025, 04:05 PM
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Looks like the bottom one is the same car seen during better days.Attached Image
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post Apr 2 2025, 04:30 PM
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QUOTE(TMM914 @ Apr 2 2025, 02:05 PM) *

Looks like the bottom one is the same car seen during better days.Attached Image

Nice find!

I’m going to bet it presents better in pictures than in person. It looks like it’s got a flat windshield, and the A pillars are kind of chunky, the front clip and rear quarters have really nice lines though.
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