Embeesea Charger Mk2 Kit Car
Over forty years ago(!), when I dreamed of owning a kit car, I went to see these being built at the ‘factory’ near London.
Moulded GRP body, bolted onto a Volkswagen Beetle floor pan, this is the Mk2 iteration of the original model, designed and built (I believe) by Mike Carlton - hence the ‘phonetically’-spelled name and the MBC on the registration plate.
I loved the design of both Marks - especially the gull-wing doors - and the finish on the body was fantastic - but sadly I didn’t have the time, money nor skills to build one (even though I had a running VW Beetle donor).
I recently found the photographic slides that I had taken at the time with my trusty Olympus Trip 35mm camera, so I thought I’d post this for posterity’s sake. Re-photographed - roughly - with the Macro setting on my mobile phone for now, I’m having a few scanned, so I’ll post the results when they arrive.
It’s a bit of a reach, but if anyone knows Mike Carlton, maybe they can point him in the direction of the photos - he might like to see them for nostalgia’s sake.
Embeesea Charger Mk2 Kit Car
Over forty years ago(!), when I dreamed of owning a kit car, I went to see these being built at the ‘factory’ near London.
Moulded GRP body, bolted onto a Volkswagen Beetle floor pan, this is the Mk2 iteration of the original model, designed and built (I believe) by Mike Carlton - hence the ‘phonetically’-spelled name and the MBC on the registration plate.
I loved the design of both Marks - especially the gull-wing doors - and the finish on the body was fantastic - but sadly I didn’t have the time, money nor skills to build one (even though I had a running VW Beetle donor).
I recently found the photographic slides that I had taken at the time with my trusty Olympus Trip 35mm camera, so I thought I’d post this for posterity’s sake. Re-photographed - roughly - with the Macro setting on my mobile phone for now, I’m having a few scanned, so I’ll post the results when they arrive.
It’s a bit of a reach, but if anyone knows Mike Carlton, maybe they can point him in the direction of the photos - he might like to see them for nostalgia’s sake.