Fiberfab Valkyrie
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The Valkyrie was a GT sports car introduced 1967 by a U.S. company called Fiberfab. The Valkyrie's styling was inspired by the lines of the famous Ford GT40 race car, which Ford capaigned at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Ford GT was usually equipped with a mid-mounted V8 engine.
Fiberfab's car was also designed with a mid-engined V8. The original sales brochure and advertisements offered a 427 cubic inch Chevrolet engine, a ZF transaxle, and 4 wheel Hearst-Amheart disk brakes. The car also came equipped with a parachute which the ad said was "for primary braking at speeds in excess of 140 M.P.H." Most later Valkyries were owner built, using small block Chevy V8s coupled to Corvair transaxles.
The Valkyrie was not a luxury car, but a sports car marketed on performance and styling The car was offered at $10,000 in early ads, but there were also lower priced kit versions. There was also a less expensive variant made by Fiberfab called the Fiberfab Avenger GT.
The company changed hands and in the 70s, the Valkyrie was discontinued. Some of the models Fiberfab produced, were continued under the Classic Motor Carriages brand name, when CMC acquired Fiberfab in 1983. Some original Valkyries are still on the road, and kit versions are in various stages of construction. See Note 1 Below.[citation needed]
Although the original company which produced these cars closed, in 2004 a new company began producing the cars again under the Fiberfab name.
