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Rare 1976 Blakely Bearcat Fiberglass kit
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Rare 1976 Blakely Bearcat Fiberglass kit |
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27297 |
| Date Posted: |
3/26/2024 |
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Doug Kalmer
COLLINWOOD, TN 38450
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Description
Rare 1976 Blakely Bearcat fiberglass kit car. Ford
2.0L single overhead cam inline 4 with a 3-speed
automatic transmission. New- paint, grill, timing
belt, head gasket, valve stem seals, points, plugs,
condenser, rotor, battery, windshield, seat belts,
weather stripping, fender welting, carpeting and
more. Oil and filter changed for both engine and
transmission. New old stock complete exhaust system.
It has a removable hardtop, clear title and comes
with a tow bar and side curtain windows for it.
Included are a lot of spare parts - engine,
transmission, radiator, alternators, starters, brake
calipers and more. Actual mileage unknown as
instrument cluster was removed from a salvaged car.
The interior is Black and Tan.Blakely Auto Works
(also called Bernardi Auto Works in later years) was
a manufacturer of automobiles and of kit cars,
working from premises located in a series of US
midwest communities in the 1970s and 1980s. Blakely
produced several kit car models, the Bantam,
Bearcat, and Bernardi.
The Bearcat is a street version of the Lotus 7, with
working doors and a usable trunk. Dick Blakely
started to offer Lotus 7-style kit cars, called the
Bantam, in 1972 in Love Park, Illinois, and in 1975
began offering a more civilized version called the
Bearcat.
A significant feature was that the fiberglass body
and fenders used a PVC foam core sandwich type of
construction that added considerably to overall
strength and ruggedness of the Blakley car. It has
Fiberglass body on a specially built frame of box
steel tubing. Mustang II front suspension with rack
and pinion steering. Ford differential, front disc
brakes, rear drum. |
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