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Sports/Road Race Car -Superleggera Steel Body For Sale (1958) | | |
| Sports/Road Race car custom-built in 1958, titled in 1960 using Volvo componentsCar Data: This unique hand-built one-off Road Race/Sports Car is ready to complete for Vintage Racing or street use - you choose the powertrain that fits your needs. (We have some ideas, including returning it to Volvo B18 4 cylinder power, Alfa Romeo 1300cc DOHC, V8 or more modern engine. From what we know of the car, here are some details: Description of Car: Date Built: Late 1950s-early 1960s – USA built we believe by West Coat custom builder
Construction. Steel channel tube frame with smaller, square tube construction of subframe
Body: Round steel tube with steel sheetmetal wrapped and welded around round tube.
Cockpit: Welded, light guage steel floors and side panels. Alum Dash with some gauges (not shown)
Suspension: Coil Springs with Tubular Shock absorbers. Stiff- near race stiffness (1960 Volvo?)
Brakes: Alum Drum, large diameter- 1960 Volvo?)
Steering: Rack and Pinion- Volvo?
Rear end – Volvo?
Wheels: Steel with 4 ply old tires. 4 bolt pattern (Volvo?)
Radiator included.
Size: Will measure. Believed to be @10-11” long.
Weight: Unknown.
Body style: Devon like front end, with Cheetah Style Kammback.
Build quality: The steel body as constructed around a steel cockpit and round-tube exterior framing is a work of art…very well designed and built.
Paint is recent, Medium Blue Metallic, similar to Shelby Cobras, etc.
Windsheild and frame: Custom Alum windshield with plexiglass windshield. Installed
Rollbar: Single, thin tube hoop. We are considering replacing with heavier, SCCA style hoop with removable forward brace to front RH footwell.
Current Work: We have installed the custom windshield, headlight brake-airscoop and we are preparing to install the dashboard.
Giordano's Vintage Motors has earned an excellent reputation for honestly providing affordable, high quality sports and collector cars, vintage motorcycles and parts to buyers worldwide. Please visit our website http://www.giocars.com. We are very experienced at affordably shipping cars worldwide from Seattle/Tacoma WA or other port of your choice. Let us help you manage this process. Email: gio@sprynet.com or call the owner, Jim Giordano 7am-7pm PST at 001-425-333-5600.
Price: £5,995(GBP)
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