Anyone have information on Fiberfab Speedster Replicas?

Ive been searching around online and havent really found much information about them. Im looking at buying a partially completed 1991 Flared Fiberfab body / frame.

Looking for feedback or information about the company.

Maybe how they compare to CMC or other makers?

ARe they worth more or less than a CMC or other makers?

Fiberfab & CMC are identical. There were the same kit sold under different names.

Thank you.

Dear Mrs. Fish,

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Disclaimer:

As the story has been told to me by a little green elf.

As I understand the Folk-lure, Fiberfab actually started out across the pond, then moved to the the Midwest, CMC then bought out Fiberfab.
For a while CMC combined the Fiberfab/CMC name then went with CMC aka Classic Motor Carriages until they got too big for their britches and began doing the Robin Hood scene aka "borrowing" from some and shipping some stuff to others.......something like "Peter to pay Paul" you know the story.
Along came a knight in shining armor Sir Curt Scott a replicar car advocate that went after them tooth and nail until Sir. Scott got the attention of the then Florida Attorney General. Hence the Florida
AT' shut down CMC.
Part of the plea ummmm "bargain" was to have the former CMC and that "Other Florida Company" create yet another spin off company ( Do you sense a tax write off here?) Aut*.....Res***tions, they were ordered in part to fully compensate buyers that were under contract and had been on the "CMC Happy Payment Plan" and make good on all CMC shorted parts and in some cases even complete kits that were never sent, which believe it or not (remember this was told to me by that elf )......... they actually did !

..And the replica kit owners lived happily ever after..... as long as the car doors sorta fit !

I bought a partially completed 1988 CMC/FiberFab kit from some crackhead in North Carolina. The only problem I've had deal with the improper construction by the original owner. I've been able to get a lot of parts from Vintage Speedsters with no problems.

crackhead...huh. are you sure that he wasn't an out of work Y2K programmer from Initech?

HISTORY OF FIBERFAB (from the official Fiberfab brochure for dealers):
1951-1957 Warren G. Goodwin manufactured replacement body panels (street rods parts and later body panels for Mustangs), sun visors, cab enclosures, etc. Initially based in Minneapolis, MN.
1957-1963 Designed and built severa1 models of kit cars, thereby founding the kit car Industry.
1964 Fiberfab, Inc.formed and incorporated in California. (Where bodies were made but assembled and sold in Bridgeville PA
1964-1969 Deve1oped and marketed four djfferent mode1s (Avenger/Valkyrie, Aztec 7, MIGI, Jamaican) to fit TR3, MGA, Austin Hea1ey, VW, and a frame to uti1ze V8 components. Peak sales vo1ume approaching two (2) million dollars.
1969 September, founder passed away.
1969-1971 Fiberfab tied up In estate and almost went under.
1971-1974 Former Plant Manager and Eastern Distributor combined forces and salvaged key mo1ds, etc. and started to turn the company around: ..
Nov. 1974 A.T.R. Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, acquired ownership of Flberfab.

Three new models have been introduced, bringing the line to 9 models with approximate1y 30 different power plant installation options.
Late 1970

That's great Wolf! Thanks for such an illuminating post! There's a gentleman acquaintance of ours here that has an Avenger from way back in '69. He's now in the process of putting it back together after painting it and modifying the glass work so that it now looks like a cross between a GT 40 and a Ferrari. We've been helping him out on some odds and ends; back in the '60's he had a real Speedster with a 4 cam engine in it(!!!). He sold it for $2,500.00 way back when....had he known they would be selling around the $250 K mark he'd have rethought that sale....

FiberFab had a real love for exotic "kit" replicars or spin-offs. They had so many really creative/innovative cars. Shame they got bought up by CMC who seemed only interested in making a quick $. They needed "a Bricklin backer" to get some of the models assembled say in Ireland or Mexico. I always had a weak spot for the Avenger -- so many options for engines and suspensions. Would be awesome if Subbie powered. Wouldn't need the $140k Ford retro version then ($14k would do it!) I once looked at guy selling 2 of them for $1600 (20 years ago) for the pair! One was built (white with blue stripes) and had been on street and the other was an unmolested kit. 1st wife convinced me to pass on it.

Thank you for up dating my version, nice to have an more accurate presentation

Guys I believe that the Fiberfab Avenger is now available again. Check on the web. I can't remember the URL, but I know I've seen it recently. It may be in one of the recent kit car magazines.

Anybody seen this stuff? Old literature for kit cars:

http://www.mclellansautomotive.com/sales-lit/bysub/kit-cars-and-replicars/print-index.htm

And someone compiled a links page just concerning Avenger stuff:

http://www.avenger-valkyrie.org/links.htm

(and there's a link from that on the right side that says a NEW Valkyrie is yours for the basic kit starting price of under $6K. Looks very GT-40-ish to me. There's a chassis diagram and so forth on the page; they tout themselves as FiberFab US - We're not the FiberFab your Dad knew.)