I was rummaging through my albums and ran across this:
Left page, center column, first paragraph: "The replacement Invader GTE body will nearly double the performance of a standard electrified metal-bodied Volkswagen". So I got to wondering what windshield that is.
www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/archive: VW based kit car glass
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Here is some useful information, if you own a VW based kit car. Glass/windshield replacement & their doner vehicles: Amante GT-AMC Marlin windshield & back glass with flat side glass...Kelmark GT-Ford Pinto windshield...Laser 917-Opel GT windshield with Laser specific curved plexiglass for the other windows...Bradley GT-1963 to 1967 Chevrolet Corvette windshield Bradley GT specific curved plexiglass for the other windows...Bradley GT2-All glass & windshield is Bradley GT2 specific...Fiberfab Jamaican-1963 to 1967 Chevrolet Corvette windshield with early Porsche 911 back glass...Fiberfab avenger/Valkyrie-Chevrolet Corvair windshield with 1965 to 1966 Ford Mustang fastback back glass...Invader GT-VW Karmann Ghia windshield with Invader GT specific plexiglass for the other windows...Fiberfab Aztec7-Lamborghini Miura windshield with Aztec7 specific other glass windows...Kellison GT40k-Chevrolet Corvair windshield all other glass is flat...Nova/Sterling/Eureka-All glass & windshield is Nova/Sterling/Eureka specific. This is a incomplete listing of VW baded kit cars & their glass requirements. Have a VW based kit car? Know the glass for it? Please list so others may know as well, thank you.
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So... Karman Ghia. Back in the day, the one I wanted was the Amante GT, it used AMC Marlin windshield & back glass. There's an interesting backstory:
fiberclassics.org/invader-gt5-history/
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Roy Kaylor January 23, 2009 at 3:55 pm - Reply
I made the drawings and sketches for the Invader GT-1. David Loring made a clay plug in Sausolito with mud from Richardson’s Bay. He made a splash mold that he took up to Oregon where I made the first part that brought back to Menlo Park, CA where I made the pre-prototype for the Prius with it. The car was exhibited at over 100 shows. I produced 1100+ electric kits suitable for VW’s. .... Toyoto bought a prototype 110+ MPG @60MPH bio-diesel “synergy drive” hybrid electric car built on a GT-5 platform from us, Shut down by FBI Counintelpro immediately afterwards (2 hour story) in 1982. 831-234=9703
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FBI.... 1982....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO