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SP 2 - any one seen one of these before???

Bizarre - November 7th, 2003 at 07:55 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2441380460&...

NEVER heard of one of these before??

Dave???

Is it ligit??

Barry

lowrider - November 7th, 2003 at 08:14 AM

WOW
how could we NOT have heard of these??
I don't even remember seeing a kit car
looking like this.
Its got to be a Brazilian VW right?
Think I've seen those headlights on a Brazilian hatch!
Andy

matara - November 7th, 2003 at 08:50 AM

Barry,

They are ligit all right! Brasilian creation with a mix of Type 3 and Type 411 parts.

http://www.vwsp2.com.br/en/history/

They also come in sedan and squareback I think:-

[img]http://www.flat4.co.jp/car/cars/'69%20BRAZILIA/'69%20BRAZILIA%20250.JPG[/img]

Personally I think they look similar to a Jensen Incerceptor which was a real monster from the UK:-

Cheers

Steve

Bizarre - November 7th, 2003 at 08:57 AM

Ahh... that it explains it

The square is UGLY!!

That other pic....... reckon some one was looking at a Jensen????

Kai.A. - November 7th, 2003 at 09:54 AM

there's quite a few oddball vw's that were only made in/for south america....

brasilia and sp2 are the only ones i like.
but there was another one, which was a bit like a karmann ghia, sort of....

kai

KruizinKombi - November 7th, 2003 at 10:25 AM

From the link that Baz posted:

Quote:

The VW SP2 was developed in 1970. The stylists worked under the direction of Senor Schiemann and Rudolf Leiding, one of VW’s most dynamic leaders in the 1970s. Later that year, the stylists completed a full-scale plaster of the new car. Leiding approved the building of a running car for display at a German Trade Show in march 1971. It attracted so much attention, that it was tooled for production. The German magazine Hobby labeled the SP-2 the "The most beautiful Volkswagen in the world.” Shortly thereafter, Leiding took office as CEO of VW – did his beautiful SP-2 have anything to do with his promotion? There is still no consensus on what’s behind the unusual model name – SP-2. However, many suggest that it comes from the German initials of “Sport-Prototyp” (or sport prototype). The first SP produced was named SP-1, the SP-2 was born a few months later with a more powerful engine. Production ended in 1976.

Interesting stuff - I've never heard of it before. I guess VW have been building 'supercars' for longer than most of us realised. :thumb

lowrider - November 7th, 2003 at 11:09 AM

nice styling.... but I can't see the point of the huge long bonnet in a rear engined car!

vw54 - November 7th, 2003 at 11:15 AM

Yep made in Brazil I think there used to be one in Sydney a few years ago.

sikdub - November 7th, 2003 at 12:34 PM

Dave, was it a yellow one that featured in one of the old aust vw mags? If its the one im thinking o it looked pretty sweet...
Steven

Bizarre - November 7th, 2003 at 12:39 PM

That yellow one was a Puma wasnt it???

lowrider - November 7th, 2003 at 05:41 PM

I remember the Puma,,,, nice

modulus - November 7th, 2003 at 08:37 PM

I lived in Brazil from '90 to '94, but I don't remember seeing and SP2 in that time; there must have been few produced. Lots of kit cars, 'though, including spyder replicars, Ferrari Daytona styles etc.

1303Steve - November 7th, 2003 at 10:42 PM

Hi

One of our club members wrote 2 articles on south american VWs

http://www.clubvw.org.au/photos_of_vws_from_daniels_trip_.htm

http://www.clubvw.org.au/growing_up_in_south_america.htm

The SP gave birth to SP cams & kadrons

1302Steve

lugnuts - November 8th, 2003 at 01:54 AM

Dosen look much like an Interceptor to me.:o

lowrider - November 8th, 2003 at 09:32 AM

check the headlights.
powered by 1600 upright motor/ swing axle gearbox.

lowrider - November 8th, 2003 at 09:33 AM

and...

68AutoBug - November 8th, 2003 at 10:25 PM

Thats the "Brasillia" based on a VW Beetle. I have always loved it....
I still want one....
What if We could all go back in time and live in Brasil in 1972... Thats the go.....
Why in the world wasn't the SP2 sold world wide in RHD & LHD????
or the Brasillia... for that matter...?
what did We do to deserve this????
Nothing, and We still GOT nothing???!!!!

Lee :bounce:bounce:bounce

waltermitty - November 8th, 2003 at 10:55 PM

LEE I wish you could go back intime to 1972 and live in Brazil too!
Blue this is the vehicle that Richards Cam "sp" is based on.
MitChElL