Alan,
I have to agree with you that this particular "Jamaican" Kit is one of the
prettiest that I've seen too. It was for sale at Russo-Steele Auction in
Scottsdale several year ago, and I saw it again at Rendezvous in Jackson,
CA a year or two later. Still with its original Healey drive-train, a nice
looking car indeed.
>From Wikipedia...
*Fiberfab* was a kit car
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_car>manufacturer founded by Warren
"Bud"
Goodwin<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Warren_%22Bud%22_Goodwin&action=edit&redlink=1>in
1964. Goodwin's earlier company, Sports
Car Engineering had manufactured
Microplas<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microplas>Mistral bodies under
license and sold them as the
Spyder.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiberfab#cite_note-1>
Fiberfab started building street rod parts and body panels for Mustangs
before moving on to kit cars. It was sold in 1983 to Classic Motor
Carriages.
The Jamaican was fitted to a TR3 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_TR3>,
TR4 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_TR4>,
MGA<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_MGA>,
Austin-Healey <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin-Healey> or a Volkswagen
Beetle <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle>. Later Fiberfab
built their own 'Jamaican' chassis for use with a
V8<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V8_engine>power-plant.
Cheers,
Curt
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com> wrote:
> To be honest, for a kit, the Jamaican in my opinion is one of the prettiest
> cars out there (especially if detailed with headlight covers). I note this
> one has a Chevy 350 in it, but there's a couple of them out there that kept
> the Healey drivetrain, and I still think that works best with the look of
> this car.
>
> The dark metallic brown Jamaican out there is still one of the nicest:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/55704804@N08/6915265657/
> http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/9769/p1180309.jpg
> http://www.pbase.com/margaretbade/image/101883811
>
> If I had the craigslist car I'd put a six back in it, and I really like the
> round lights on the brown jamaican. The shelby wires with the tri-ear
> knock offs are a nice touch. Cool!
>
> Alan
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:15 AM, William Atterbury <watterbury@yahoo.com
> >wrote:
>
> > One of the strangest things on a Healey chassis I've ever seen. The only
> > thing I recognize is the radiator.
> >
> > http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/4165713906.html
> >
> > Bill
> > 1962 BT7 Tricarb
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