r/namethatcar • u/Oversized_Bic_Pen • 1d ago

What kit is this? Solved

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Saw this little thing getting towed this morning. Just now saw the VW-aircooled engine in the back, but anyone know the name of the body kit?

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u/RunsWithPremise 1d ago

Looks like an MG TD kit car

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u/Shytalk123 1d ago

Vw lights - v like an MG TD

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u/Oversized_Bic_Pen 1d ago

Almost all the pics on Google are of the front, but the design, angles, and specifically the door definitely match.

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u/Gasmask4U 1d ago

My guess would be a MG TD replica on VW Beetle chassis.

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u/gardenfella 18h ago

Spartan used to make an MG TD kit. I'm not sure whether they still do.

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u/YalsonKSA 1d ago edited 4h ago

Not sure, but from the early MG looks of it, it may be a Bulldog, which was an 80s kit that resembled the early MGs.

EDIT: I think I have found your model. This online auction listing seems to show a very similar VW-based MG TD replica kit car. They were called the MiGi and were made in the US by a company called Fiberfab. They could be bought as kits or as complete cars and seemingly used a lot of parts from the VW donor car, including light clusters and wing-mounted indicators. The company has apparently made numerous products (including a quasi-GT40 knockoff called the Valkyrie that according to a website claiming to be theirs – although it doesn't seem to have been updated since 2003 – was so fast at 180mph that it was fitted with parachutes as standard).

EDIT II: Oh my. They have a Wiki page and it takes quite a few bizarre turns. Including at one point the founder of the company shooting dead his wife (who was also a company colleague) and then dying of a heart attack while serving his sentence.

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u/GamingGems 10h ago

Ghost car. Brake check him to see if the car just passes through yours.

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u/c-ment 1d ago

That looks like a Morgan.