Rare Component Cars

Just published on Rare Component Cars, an article on the UVA M6GTR, a British development of the classic Manta Montage kit from the USA.

Here's an excerpt:
"Manta Cars ceased production in 1986, having sold about 1,000 factory-built and component cars. This development prompted UVA to produce their own version of the Montage. Using the aforementioned Montage T, the UK company would shoehorn Rover's small-block V8 into the tail of the beast. Mounted amidships, this configuration would prove more in keeping with the car's McLaren M6GT replica pretensions..."

Learn more here -
https://rarecomponentcars.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-uva-m6gtr-what-goes-around-comes.html

New on the Rare Component Cars blog; the story of the Maxton GT.

Maxton Components, of Englewood, Colorado, is best known for its iconic, rotary-powered, "Rollerskate" kit car. That car was widely praised in the automotive press and even featured in a series of episodes on the PBS show, "Motor Week", chronicling its build process. Not resting on its laurels, Maxton intended to follow up with an even more ambitious product in the "GT".

The Maxton GT began its design and development in 1990, during the effort to bring the Rollerskate to market. It was to be an even more ambitious design, a gull-wing coupe, with drivetrain components derived from the Ford Sierra Cosworth series of rally racecars, mounted to a chassis modeled after the classic Lotus Elan. It was to be a high-performance, upscale compliment to the Rollerskate and flagship model for Maxton.

The full story can be found here - https://rarecomponentcars.blogspot.com/2024/02/maxtons-final-act-gt.html