![]() 06/02/2020 at 04:02 • Filed to: hour rule, Elite, VW, c1979, kitcar, Porsche, GM, Chev, Chevy, Chevrolet, Corvair, carsoftumblr | ![]() | ![]() |
Elite Laser 49er (c1979)
a kit-car minivan based on a VW Beetle chassis, the original flat 4 engine could be replaced by a Corvair or Porsche flat 6. around 30 kits were sold.
![]() 06/02/2020 at 04:26 |
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I wonder if any remain...
![]() 06/02/2020 at 05:57 |
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It’s no Brubaker Box, but I dig it.
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that would interesting to find out, one for Torch perhaps.
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They really should’ve stuck with the early design language for the Model X. This prototype looks way cooler.
![]() 06/02/2020 at 09:27 |
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There’s at least one still around.
http://www.dailyturismo.com/2019/03/mars-attacks-1970ish-volkswagen-lazer.html?m=1
Or, at least as of last year
![]() 06/02/2020 at 09:40 |
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Where did these designers in the 70s come from? That looks like a doodle from my 8th grade math book cover. (just without the giant Can-Am wing)
![]() 06/02/2020 at 10:29 |
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I’d like to see a one-box design, but I guess the huge windshield required would have been too expensive for a kit car.