Bad end or top chance?
FT Bonito. The never ending story?
Well, of course they are not real GT40s, but FT Bonitos are also pretty rare. Fiberfab Karrosseriewerke in Germany and ACM and AED were among 1969-1984 builders who brought this design from Jorgfrieder Kuhnle to kitcar based on the beetle plarform. As with all other kitcars, the result relentlessly depended on the skill, patience and finances of the builder.
If you still find a Bonito project, there are probably about 1200 sets made, then you should also look for the windscreen of a Ford Taunus 12M, the rear window of an Opel Record Coupé, headlights of a Ford Taunus 15M, turn signals of a NSU Prinz, the rear bumper of a B Kadett and some loose stuff.
In 1982 the FT Bonito became a Dutch product when the molds were sold to Mr. Alma. Which, incidentally, accommodated the production in England.
The case went bankrupt and from residual files Peter Assendelft made new molds from an existing Bonito. Perhaps that is also the time that the donors changed something, because the red one has rear lights of an Opel 1900?
These two copies are on a somewhat orphaned parking lot in Eerbeek. We found an 06 number:
06-20326728
And for people who don't know that all photos except passport photos are more beautiful than reality: there is work on these cars.
And if you are interested in kitcars, buggies, we recommend that you become a member of the buggy club and look for the book "the buggy, our Holy Cow" anyway. That book gives a historical overview of the buggy in the low countries from 1969. It is issued by the General Buggy Club and the ISBN number is 90-901-3260-0
I can still remember that there was someone in De Bilt in the mid 70s who sold it, either as a kit or completely finished.
Is this article also in an edition of AMK e can it still be ordered?
I am now the owner of the black Bonito from this article.
With kind regards,
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Hello Theo, no, this article is only on our website. We try to keep the editors of AMK and the website as separate as possible. Even though there is overlap.
I did not know that there were already such cars in 1884, learned something again or would it be a type of mistake
1884? 😉