So i found a really old picture of one of my dad's cars he used to have before he sold it back in the day. He doesn't remember what it was and my friends (who know a lot about cars) can't seem to identify it either...
I was thinking some kind of lotus elise or something, but maybe one of you will have luck

 

mmmm interesting car...

 

kit car??

 

thats one of my guesses too...

 

Was there a Tv show back in the day with this car(hardcastle and mcormick), maybe its called a coyote or something like that.

edit

nope this is what I was thinking of

 

That's most definitely not a lotus. It really looks like a kit car.

 

I was going to guess Bradley GT, but after doing a quick google search, that isn't it.

 

I think its a Melkus or something similar to it.

 

On second thought maybe a Fiberfab Valkyrie or Avenger knockoff.

Isn't that the Corvair motor in that car?

 

Interesting looking car. I don't think the engine is from a Corvair. Looks like a small block Chevrolet V8 of some kind.

The car itself almost looks to be of a quasi-Porsche 917. Some time and thought went into it, as it appears to be tube framed with some type of transaxle behind the engine.

Terry

 

Avenger... That's the other one I was thinking off...

Appears to be a chevy v8 from the exhaust, alt up from, distributor in back..

Corvair engines were aircooled flat sixes...

 

Coyote from Hardcastle and McCormick


edit: a cheapo version of the Coyote. Kind of a Coyote and Bricklin GT bastard child.

 

Right, I should have clarified, the Avengers sometimes had Corvair motors at least the ones I've seen.

 

It looks a little like a 917 kit car from the front, but the lights are different on a 917. The back half of the car is very unique. Do you know what year the picture was taken? I'm guessing between '68-'75

 

thats really cool

 

whoa. do you atleast know the year range?

 

first pic , it looks as if there is a red chair on the roof.

 

Weird looking.

 

Very unlikely it has any Lotus in it. And definitely not an Elise since, as far as I know, that model was introduced in 1996, and that does not look like a car from 1996. Maybe 1976 judging by the other cars as well as the General Lee wheels...

 

It's a kit car based on either a VW Bug or Corvair chassis, but not by any of the better or still-existing body manufacturers like Mirage, Fiberfab, etc. based on the visible body gaps, seams and joints in the photos.
Other than that,

There were kits using all sorts of running gear with those chassis, everything from the stock VW 4s to full-race 427 c.i. side-oilers.

The photo looks like it was taken in the early- to mid-70's based on the cars in the background. The wheels look like American Racing "Vectors" or Vector knock-offs.

 

That's all I have to say about it....