Both where used so it seems.
Info on Begra's
CAR YEAR OWNER ENGINE RACES
Begra Mk1 1959-60 Jerry Morgan (FL) Fiat 600
Saab 750 5/29/60 - Cocoa (Beach)
6/26/60 - Daytona (Beach)
9/4/60 -Daytona (Morgan #108)
10/9/60 - Kississimee
11/13/60 - Daytona
12/60? - Miami Master's Field (#108)
1/22/61 - Kississimee (#49)
2/61 - Daytona (#48)
1962? Paul Kneeland (NH) Saab 850 10/63 - VIR (#64)
1064? Wesley Glantz (NY) Saab 850 9/64 - Lime Rock (#6)
Begra Mk2
"The Sebring Begra" 1960-61 John Bentley (FL) Saab 750GT
Ford 105E 1961 - 12 Hours of Sebring
(Beach/Grady/Bentley #70)
63 Hugh Kleinpeter (GA)
Ford 105E Nassau Speed Week 1963
64 Philip Cree (FL)
1970's Dave Caracci
Begra Mk3
(3-001) 1961 John Norwood Abarth 750 1962 -Daytona (Beach #55)
1965-69 Bil Mundus (MI) Abarth twin-cam
Phil Roach ? So. California
78 Ed Gaven (CA) Fiat 850 No. California - Vintage
Begra Mk3
(3-002) 1961 George Avent (SC) Abarth 750 4/62 - VIR (Avent #29)
10/62 - VIR (Avent #62)
4/65 - VIR (Avent # 62)
67-? junkyard (NC)
? Harry Puckett (NC)
86 Norris Haynes (NC)
96 Barry LeVan (PA)
Begra Mk3
(3-003) 1962
(kit) Frank Stark (PA) Saab 750
Saab 850
67 Gene Leavens (NJ)
? Myron Munchak? car destroyed at Weatherly Hill Climb??
Begra Mk3
(3-004) 1962
(kit) Andy Anderson (MO)
Bob McCollum (MO)
Tom Newcomer (MO) Sprite/Fiat British Racing Green - I have not yet made definite connections from Kansas City to the west coast
1967 Ken Edwards (MO) Sprite/Fiat owned by McCollum
1977 Gordon Hoobler
(San Francisco) Fiat/Hewland Red - disk brakes - "brought car to west coast from Chicago area"
? Dennis Shockey bought after crash
1985-87 Ron Hoff
(San Francisco)
87 Art Magallanes (Hawaii) VW frame only