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SOLVED: WTH # 304 - 1956 EMPI Sportster
« on: January 10, 2014, 10:42:59 PM »
Please provide the year, make, and model of this fun little car
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Re: WTH # 304
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2014, 03:44:22 PM »
Expert time!

Easy one?

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Re: WTH # 304
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2014, 08:13:27 PM »
No ideas?

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Re: WTH # 304
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2014, 03:26:24 AM »
1956  EMPI Sportster. All steel VW based buggy.

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Re: WTH # 304
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2014, 10:10:07 AM »
One point awarded to ValkyrieGT for the correct answer.  I understand this is also a rare example of the Sportster, as it is considered a 4-seater or 2+2.  (There is a shorter 2-seater.)

It seems in 1956, they hadn't quite figured out the "fiberglass VW-based buggy" concept.